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Product Showcase: 3-D Puzzles

By Karyn M. Peterson -- Gifts and Dec, 6/30/2009 12:13:00 PM

This week’s Product Showcase features 3-D puzzles from Boikido, Family Games, FoxMind Games, Imagiplay and Ravensburger.

Intriguing Insect
The 4-piece Boikido Eco-Friendly Wooden Carole the Caterpillar ($23.99), for 18 months and up, is created with sustainable wood and non-toxic, water-based paints and packaged in recycled cardboard printed with soybean ink. Tested to meet both European and U.S. Safety Standards.
Boikido, Roissy, France
www.boikido.com

Family Games Celtic Knot Paradigm Puzzle

Why Knot?
The 16-piece wooden Celtic Knot Paradigm Puzzle, for ages 8 and up, is an intricately detailed, laser-cut pattern; puzzlers must refit the pieces back into the frame. With numerous solutions, it challenges spatial and logical thinking skills. It has a 7-out-of-10 difficulty rating.
Family Games Inc., Montreal
www.familygamesamerica.com

FoxMind Games Architecto

If You Build It…
Architecto ($34.95), for ages 6 and up, is part of the Brain Builder series, which aims to develop spatial logic through play. Kids use the 18 blocks to construct 3-D structures corresponding to one of the 50 illustrations in the challenge booklet. Simple to learn, difficult to master!
FoxMind Games, Montreal
www.foxmind.com

Imagiplay ColorMeUp Butterfly

Crafty Challenge
The 17-piece ColorMeUp Butterfly ($14.99), for ages 3 and up, is both a puzzle and a craft kit in one. It includes watercolor paints for kids to decorate the pieces—crafted from eco-friendly, managed forest basswood—however they wish. Finished puzzle measures 5-by-4 inches.
Imagiplay, Boulder, Colo.
www.imagiplay.com

Ravensburger Pretty Princess Puzzleball

I Feel Pretty
The 96-piece Pretty Princess Puzzleball ($14.99), for ages 6 and up, features curved, plastic puzzle pieces that allow for easy assembly into a solid, smooth ball that measures 5 inches in diameter. No glue required! Includes a display stand and instructions, plus numbers on all pieces.
Ravensburger, Newton, N.H.
www.ravensburger.com

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