I SPY Christmas Family Style Puzzle

I SPY Christmas puzzle  - Find the items in the crowded background of Christmas ornaments.

Let me say right off that I love family-style puzzles. They offer the opportunity for the whole family to work together on one puzzle since the pieces are three different sizes - large, medium and small. The kids can start at one end, the adult at the other and they can meet somewhere in the middle. 

With that said, even though this box says this I SPY Christmas Puzzle is a family-style puzzle, it is not. The pieces are all the same size. This puzzle is part of the I SPY line of products by Scholastic Books, that most kids and parents are familiar with. The I SPY products are based on figure ground, finding a specific item in a crowded background, and includes games, toys, puzzles and books. 

After completing this puzzle, read the rhyme printed on the inside of the box lid and find the items that are hidden on the puzzle image. There are 8 items to find and part of the rhyme is below:

I spy an elephant,
a sun's colorful rays,
A mouse, and
the lute an angel plays. 
The puzzle will measure 23.5" x 18" when complete. 

 Check out my post on family-style puzzles (three sized pieces) here. Family Style Puzzles

For tips on how to teach kids how to work jigsaw puzzles, read my post Tips for Assembling Jigsaw Puzzles.

For a list of other I SPY products that I have blogged about, read my post I SPY Games.

For a list of other Christmas games and toys that I have blogged about, read my post Christmas Games.

If you are interested in purchasing this puzzle or just want more information, click on the image below.

Light-Up Sno-Man

Light-Up Sno-Man - Includes flashing and steady burning lights.

Use the Light-Up Sno-Man kit to build a glow-in-the-dark snowman. Simply build your snowman (snow not included), insert the lights, turn them on and then step back and admire the most unique snowman on the block.

Are you one of the lucky ones that live in an area that gets snow in the winter? If you are, I hope you get out there and play - have snowball fights, make snow furniture and build snowmen. There's lots of different dress-your-own snowman kits out there, but none quite like this one. Light-Up Sno-Man has a string of flashing lights and a string of steady burning lights. And it even has a timer that turns the lights off after two hours to save the batteries.

Back of the box showing the lights.

Included in the box are a plastic hat, a string of flashing lights with a heart and four buttons, and a string of steady burning lights with a carrot and two blue eyes. The hat is 8 7/8" in diameter at the widest part. The carrot is approximately 9" long with the carrot itself being about 5 3/4" and the rest being the peg part that you push into the snow. The on/off buttons are on the side of the nose and the heart. If the lights are not turned off via the buttons, they will automatically go off after two hours. Requires 6 AAA batteries. Not included. 

If you are interested in purchasing this item or just want more information, click on the image below.