30% Off Melissa and Doug Puzzles

Our Ready, Set, Go Sale on Melissa and Doug puzzles will get you 30% off some of our favorites! With difficulty levels ranging from 1-6 years, one of our awesome puzzles will be perfect for your puzzle lovin' Psychobaby.

We're big fans of the Jumbo Knob puzzle series from Melissa and Doug - they make wonderful first birthday gifts. The giant, rounded handles are the perfect size and shape for little hands to grasp. With pictures printed underneath the pieces, these provide just enough of a challenge to engage even the youngest puzzle solvers! Need even more puzzle fun? You can play with your food on purpose thanks to this cool idea - turn cookies into edible puzzles! Check out the cute ones below, see how to make the colorful cookie puzzle (you can use any shape you want) with this fun tutorial!

via 864cookies.blogspot.com, marthastewart.com, bzesty.com

So sharpen up your puzzle skills and get ready...set... shop!

Puzzle Me This: Melissa & Doug Puts it Together!

You don’t have to be a Tiger Mother to know that puzzles are a great step in the journey of life-long learning for your children. (And they can still attend a few sleepovers along the way!) According to an article by the Chicago Montessori Learning Examiner puzzles can:

• build hand eye coordination
• develop fine motor skills
• offer opportunities for social and language skills
• encourage problem solving and logical thinking

My love of puzzles started with my dad. His epic puzzles consisted of thousands of pieces that took over the entire living room and took days to assemble! But he always had time to help me with the ABC floor puzzle, or even my favorite Little Mermaid puzzle with 300 pieces!

Puzzles can be a very thought provoking activity for the whole family. It's fun to solve puzzles together, not to mention a great family bonding experience. Get your family started with some of my favorite puzzles tonight:

• Melissa and Doug Musical Instruments Sound Puzzle
• Melissa and Doug Alphabet Chunky Puzzle * YOU PICKED IT*
  
• Melissa and Doug USA Map Sound Puzzle
• Melissa and Doug Farm Fuzzy Puzzle

Our Facebook Fans agree; they chose Melissa & Dougs' Alphabet Chunky Puzzle as this week's pick for 20% off! Become a Fan and help us pick next week's item at 20% off on our Psychobaby Facebook page!

~Melissa

Sources
“Why are puzzles good for children?” February 2010. The Examiner. http://www.examiner.com/montessori-learning-in-chicago/why-are-puzzles-good-for-children