The Melissa & Doug Safari Chunky Puzzle - 8 Pieces is a vibrant wooden puzzle from the popular brand Melissa & Doug. It features wild-animal pieces including a zebra, hippopotamus, ostrich, elephant, crocodile, giraffe, rhinoceros, and lion set against a nature backdrop with a small pond and a bright sun. This puzzle is perfect for enhancing fine motor skills in young children.
The Melissa & Doug Safari Chunky Puzzle - 8 Pieces is a vibrant, animal-themed wooden puzzle designed for children. The puzzle board showcases a zebra, ostrich, hippo, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, and lion gathered around a small pond. This engaging toy from Melissa & Doug is ideal for developing fine motor skills and includes additional detachable pieces featuring a hippo and a giraffe.
A young child with light brown hair and a grey long-sleeved shirt sits on the floor, deeply engaged in the Melissa & Doug Safari Chunky Puzzle - 8 Pieces. The colorful animal-themed wooden puzzle features chunky wild-animal pieces, including a giraffe, an elephant, a zebra, and a hippo, which help the child develop fine motor skills while they play.
The Melissa & Doug Safari Chunky Puzzle - 8 Pieces, a product by Melissa & Doug, features colorful wooden pieces shaped like wild animals such as a zebra, elephant, crocodile, hippo, lion, ostrich, and giraffe. Some pieces are detached and scattered around the board. The puzzle illustrates a sunny mountainous landscape perfect for developing fine motor skills in children.
A young child, wearing a red shirt and blue shorts, smiles as they play with the Melissa & Doug Safari Chunky Puzzle – 8 Pieces, featuring colorful wild-animal pieces, on a white bed. The puzzle pieces are scattered around as the child holds one of the pieces, developing their fine motor skills. The background is bright and airy.
The Melissa & Doug Safari Chunky Puzzle - 8 Pieces by Melissa & Doug is a colorful wooden puzzle featuring wild-animal pieces, including a zebra, giraffe, hippopotamus, elephant, crocodile, lion, and ostrich. The animals can be placed in corresponding slots on the board or used as stand-alone figures. It's perfect for developing fine motor skills with a charming savanna background.
The Melissa & Doug Safari Chunky Puzzle - 8 Pieces features colorful and chunky wooden puzzle pieces shaped like safari animals, including a zebra, ostrich, elephant, hippopotamus, crocodile, giraffe, rhinoceros, and lion. Each piece is separate and fits into a background that depicts a watering hole scene. This puzzle by Melissa & Doug is ideal for children aged 2+ to develop fine motor skills.

Melissa & Doug Chunky Puzzle 8 pc - Safari

8 chunky wild-animal pieces that stand up for safari-themed play
$29.95

This Melissa & Doug chunky wooden puzzle brings the African savanna to little hands with eight easy-grip animal pieces: a zebra, hippopotamus, ostrich, elephant, crocodile, giraffe, rhinoceros and lion, set against a watering-hole scene. Every piece is chunky and rounded for growing fingers, and lifts clean out of the board to reveal a full-colour picture underneath as a visual clue.

Once the puzzle's solved, each animal stands upright on its own, so the fun keeps going long after the last piece clicks into place.

  • Builds fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through grasping and placing pieces
  • Supports shape and picture matching and early problem-solving
  • Extends play beyond the puzzle itself once pieces are used to stand and roleplay
  • Introduces early wild-animal vocabulary

2 years and up

  • 8-piece chunky wooden puzzle: zebra, hippopotamus, ostrich, elephant, crocodile, giraffe, rhinoceros and lion
  • Full-colour picture beneath each piece for visual matching clues
  • Chunky, rounded pieces sized for little hands
  • Pieces stand upright for pretend play once removed from the board

Approx packaged dimensions: 29 x 28 x 2cm

Melissa & Doug was founded in 1988 by Melissa and Doug Bernstein, who started out designing wooden puzzles from a basement and a garage. Their first breakout product was a wooden farm puzzle, and wooden puzzles have stayed core to the brand ever since.

Now based in Wilton, Connecticut, and part of Spin Master since 2024, Melissa & Doug has grown to more than 5,000 products, all built around the same idea: open-ended, screen-free play that sparks a child's imagination.

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Melissa & Doug Chunky Puzzle 8 pc - Safari
$29.95