{"product_id":"dino-surprise-puzzle","title":"Dino Surprise Puzzle — Six Eggs, Six Dinosaurs","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDino Surprise Puzzle — lift the egg, and there's a dinosaur under it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix egg-shaped pieces sit in a 22cm round board, each with a wooden knob to lift it by. Underneath every one is a dinosaur. That's the whole idea, and it's a good one, because a toddler will do it again and again — and because dinosaurs really did come out of eggs, which makes this the rare toy where the gimmick happens to be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🥚 Lift, look, put it back\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe knobs are what make this work at twelve months. A knob is the one shape a hand that can't yet pinch can still get hold of, so lifting the eggs out is possible from the day it arrives — and lifting things out is the half of puzzling that comes first. Dropping the eggs back into their cut-outs follows a few months later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🎨 Then the colours give you a second game\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach dinosaur is painted to match the egg it came out of. So once the lifting is easy, there's a harder game sitting there waiting: six dinosaurs, six shells, and the job of getting each one home. You can also deliberately put them in the wrong eggs, which is both the best way to make it difficult and the thing your toddler will immediately start doing to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦖 Six dinosaurs that stand up on their own\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dinosaurs aren't just puzzle filling — they're free-standing blocks, so they walk off the board and get played with on the rug, in the bath queue and under the sofa. A small confession: Speedy Monkey never say which dinosaurs they are, and having looked at them closely we can't confidently name the species either. Six different dinosaurs is as far as we'll go. If you can do better, we'd like to know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌳 Wood and paint\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeedy Monkey design their toys in France and make this one from wood with non-toxic, child-safe paints. It carries UKCA and CE marking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA reveal a toddler can do themselves — lift the egg, find the dinosaur\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnobbed pieces, so it works from twelve months rather than two years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo games in one: shapes into cut-outs, then colours to their shells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix free-standing dinosaurs that play away from the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 22cm round board that stores the whole thing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned in France, wooden, non-toxic paints, UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22cm round base board, 6 egg-shaped knobbed puzzle pieces, 6 dinosaur blocks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoard size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22cm diameter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 556g boxed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e wood with non-toxic, child-safe paints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigned in:\u003c\/strong\u003e France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e clean with a damp cloth only, no detergents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoesn't the surprise only work once?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYou'd think so, and it's the obvious worry about a toy with \"surprise\" in the name. In practice it doesn't work like that: toddlers aren't surprised by novelty so much as delighted by repetition, and knowing the dinosaur is under there is precisely why they lift the egg for the fortieth time. The colour-matching also means the toy has somewhere to go once the reveal is familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan a one-year-old really do it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThey can lift the eggs out straight away — that's what the knobs are for. Putting them back comes later, and matching each dinosaur to its own colour of egg later still. Three stages from one toy, and several months between the first and the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat dinosaurs are they?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWe don't know, and nor does anyone else we can find — Speedy Monkey's own description says only \"six adorable dino blocks\". They're recognisably different from one another but we're not going to assign species we can't stand behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow many loose pieces?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nTwelve — six eggs and six dinosaurs — on a board that stays in one piece. Worth knowing that a missing dinosaur leaves an empty egg, which small children notice and mind about rather more than adults expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDino or Garden?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSame board, same mechanism, same price. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/garden-surprise-puzzle\"\u003eGarden Surprise Puzzle\u003c\/a\u003e has three chicks and three bunnies instead of dinosaurs. Pick by what your little one is currently obsessed with; there's nothing to choose between them otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I clean it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA damp cloth only, and no detergents. Painted wood doesn't take kindly to sitting in water — and at this age the dinosaurs will go in the mouth first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🦕 More dinosaurs, if it has taken hold\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt usually does, and it usually lasts years. Elsewhere on our shelves:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/push-along-friends-brachiosaurus\"\u003ePush Along Friends Brachiosaurus\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/push-along-friends-stegosaurus\"\u003eStegosaurus\u003c\/a\u003e — wooden, from a year, and named species for once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jumini-dinosaur-bath-squirters\"\u003eJumini Dinosaur Bath Squirters\u003c\/a\u003e — for the bath, from 6 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/never-touch-a-dinosaur\"\u003eNever Touch a Dinosaur!\u003c\/a\u003e — the silicone touch-and-feel book, from birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/dinosaur-baby-plate\"\u003eDinosaur Silicone Baby Plate\u003c\/a\u003e — for the ones who want dinosaurs at mealtimes too\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧩 Other first puzzles\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/farm-peg-puzzle\"\u003eFarm Peg Puzzle\u003c\/a\u003e — nine pegged farm animals, the same knob-lifting idea on a flat board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/chunky-wooden-farm-puzzle\"\u003eChunky Wooden Farm Puzzle\u003c\/a\u003e — seven named farm animals that also stand up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jumini-farm-chunky-barn-shaped-puzzle\"\u003eChunky Barn Shape Puzzle\u003c\/a\u003e — no knobs, so a touch harder, with line drawings underneath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. 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