Versatile tertris puzzle - 18 play suggestions!
Author: Tanja Damhof
Webshop owner and mother
Are you looking for a new puzzle challenge?
Then this puzzle is for you! It is not an ordinary puzzle, but a puzzle with a twist. I asked on Facebook what kind of play possibilities people saw in this great puzzle, and the creativity was bursting!
This puzzle is different from most puzzles. All pieces are painted on both the front and back. This makes them not only suitable for puzzling, but also for playing with as play animals. The square shape invites you to not only puzzle flat on the table, but also to build 3D creations.
But that's not all! I received many more fun play suggestions. For example, you can make a mini-theater and perform a show with the play animals, or build a maze and let the animals walk through it. You can also make a game of it by dividing the animals into different categories and scoring points that way.
In short, with this puzzle the possibilities are endless. It is not only a challenge to make the puzzle, but also to be creative and come up with new ways to play with it. Are you ready for this unique puzzle experience?
Practice Exercise Therapy Cesar De Doktershoek
Have the animals drawn on graph paper. Good exercise for spatial insight and manual dexterity.
Nikki
Oh how nice! 
many possibilities indeed. I would also practice spatial concepts with it (before, behind, between, above, below, ...) but I would also definitely use them to practice counting skills (counting direction from 1 to 10 and vice versa, ordinal numbers, ...)
Eveline
Just use it as an open ended toy … A child's creativity is insurmountable 
P.S. I think my daughter knows what to do with it 
Stephanie
What a super fun puzzle. I can see my son making beautiful enclosures for the animals with the Grimms blocks and playing zoo 
Anneke
Awesome I see so many possibilities. Building on color, on size . Hiding. Balance/balance tower. Oh this is really cool.
Francien
Fantastic for kids in so many ways! I would love to use it to play with in treatments that I am currently taking the course for ( PRT )
Linda
Very cool! I think of going from big to small . Counting. Making towers, naming colors and animals. Outlines and making new figures. Endless variations
Gea
Let them play along in the sensory bin . Then all sorts of things come along!
Romilda
Indeed many possibilities, let the children look at it for 10 seconds, then close their eyes, remove 1 or 2 animals and then see if they can say which animal/animals are missing . Shadow drawing is also possible of course.
Jessica
Build up or put in a row: from largest animal to smallest animal, from fastest animal to slowest animal .
Marjo
My 1.5 year old son would initially build and puzzle with this. My 7 year old daughter would make a zoo with it (for her brother) and draw the animals.
Geralda
How fun! Of course building, puzzling or arranging in a row. And I think my children will also have a great time playing with it in a tub of play rice .
Wencke
Hide and when you have found one, come back as that animal and build a tower or something with the puzzle pieces at the table
Charlotte
Besides all the ideas already mentioned: take a picture of how they are in the box and let them put them back that way, and for the older children do the same with only the shape, without color and for the even older children let them puzzle themselves. Great for spatial insight, problem solving, perseverance , etc.
Benedict
Copy animals on large squared paper, top bottom left right exercises , building, calculating with animals, making a maze on paper and then walking around it for eye hand coordination…
Ryanne
Create three-dimensional figures , such as a cube, maybe even a pyramid
Fransiska
Build a tall tower without it falling over
Love it!
I was in love with this puzzle from the moment I saw it in my supplier’s new catalogue. When it finally arrived, I made a cup of tea and went outside in the sunshine to take pictures of the puzzle. Our 15-year-old son came home from school and looked over my shoulder. After inspecting it carefully, he repeated the exact words I had been saying all along: “Love it!”
And now, after so many super nice reactions on Facebook, I'm still in love with this puzzle. Maybe even more (if that's possible ;) )
Growing with you
Oh, and make no mistake, this puzzle is quite tricky!!! The age recommendation goes up to adults, so give it a try.
This is a puzzle that can stay in the closet for years! This one won't go to the flea market anytime soon but will definitely be passed on to nieces or nephews!
