Puzzles For Kids

Discover puzzles for kids, including farm and animal puzzles, rainbow stacking toys, clock and jigsaw puzzles at HipKids. Explore fun designs today!

Kids Jigsaw Puzzles & Wood Puzzles

At HipKids, we have hand-picked a wonderful selection of puzzles for kids at every learning level.

Whether it’s simple shape or word puzzles for little ones or more complex jigsaw puzzles for older kids, it is well known that puzzles of all kinds offer many developmental benefits for children of every age.

Just as when we were kids and our parents before us, the benefits of puzzles have been handed down through the generations, and the HipKids range of puzzles continues this time-honoured tradition of learning through doing.

 

Puzzles develop three main skills in your child


Physical skills – simply by turning over and rearranging the pieces to make them fit, puzzles are developing your child’s hand-eye coordination and gross and fine motor skills.

Cognitive skills – attempting to and ultimately solving the problems of a puzzle helps to develop a child’s shape recognition, memory and problem solving skills.

Emotional skills – the task of working towards completing a puzzle helps your child to learn patience and goal-setting skills and introduces them to the concept of reward through effort.

Family Favourite Puzzle Games For Kids, Children & Toddlers

Puzzles for kids, and kids at heart, have long been a family favourite past time. People of all ages love the challenge and satisfaction of putting together and solving puzzles. From early childhood through to adulthood, puzzles offer cognitive, social and confidence building benefits for all ages. HipKids has curated a vast selection of puzzle games for kids including maths puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, word puzzles, logic puzzles and more. This broad range of fun puzzles for kids offers developmental benefits for children of every age and every stage.

Puzzles benefit motor skills and problem solving

For little ones, puzzles can be an excellent way to develop fine motor skills as children work on picking up, turning over and rearranging pieces to try to get them to fit into just the right spots. With a wide range of colours, designs and sizes, children will exercise cognitive skills such as spacial awareness, memory and shape recognition through the puzzle solving process. HipKids’ wonderful range of wooden puzzles for kids and toddlers is perfect for developing all of the skills mentioned above. The Melissa & Doug Farm Animals, Vehicles and Musical Instruments sound puzzles not only help to teach children how to recognize and match shapes, but they also learn to identify the correct sounds for common animals, vehicles and musical instruments that they may come across in everyday life. With these puzzles, your little one will be instantly rewarded with a sense of achievement and pride when they hear the sound that each piece makes once placed in the correct position.

For those looking for a greater challenge, HipKids offers both fun and educational jigsaw puzzles for kids who have the patience to sit and focus for a longer stretch of time. This Earth Puzzle and Book Set is not only a fun challenge for the whole family (clear the floor - it’s a big one!) but also comes with a 32 page book on world geography full of cool facts and illustrations. Similarly, this highly educational 205 piece Human Body Puzzle & Book Set is shaped like the human body when complete and teaches kids about cells, bones, organs and the human life cycle. While there can be high levels of frustration through the process of putting together a challenging puzzle, your child will learn to work through their emotions and to exercise patience in order to reap the rewards of their efforts once the puzzle has been completed. 

Fun puzzles for kids and adults

Jigsaw puzzles for kids and adults can be extremely beneficial in promoting cooperative play and developing social skills. Doing a puzzle with two or more people requires good communication skills, taking turns, supporting one another and celebrating together once the puzzle has been completed. The 200 piece whimsical Djeco Arbracadabra Puzzle and the beautiful 500 piece Djeco Unicorn Garden Puzzle are perfect for families or a group of older children to practice teamwork. Another great benefit of doing jigsaw puzzles is that the brain receives small rewards throughout the process and does not have to wait until the puzzle is completed to feel satisfied. Children feel encouraged to forge ahead each time a correct puzzle piece is put into place. 

For those children looking for a different type of challenge than the traditional jigsaw puzzles offer, logic and maths puzzles for kids are incredibly beneficial for both toddlers and older children. This educational Wooden Clock Puzzle by JaBaDaBaDo is a great tool to learn the concept of telling time as well as number sequencing. Similarly, word puzzles for kids are another wonderful option for little ones starting to learn letter recognition and sequencing. This early years ABC Puzzle is ideal for shape matching and logical thinking. Through trial and error, children can learn their ABCs and older children can practice spelling simple words like cat, dog, and fun!


Learning through logic puzzles

When it comes to logic puzzles for kids, you may be surprised to learn that children can start at a very young age. The Discoveroo Magnetic Stacking Rocket is recommended for ages 18 months and up. Not only does it do wonders to help develop problem solving and fine motor skills, but also promotes creative play. Another fabulous problem solving and creating thinking puzzle is this incredibly versatile Grimm’s rainbow puzzle set. At first glance it is quite simple, but as children start to experiment with all the different puzzle pieces, the possibilities are endless. The individual rainbow pieces can be used as building blocks to be stacked or balanced on top of one another, or they can be positioned on the floor as fencing for farm animals, bridges for toy cars. Any scenario your child can dream up is waiting for them! Problem solving puzzles for kids don’t always have one single outcome. The fun is multiplied when children create new challenges and solutions over and over again. These types of puzzles help little ones set goals, develop strategies and use reasoning - all skills that can be used to solve real-world problems.

Puzzles have long been a part of childhood development, and doing puzzles together is a favourite tradition for many families across the globe. With a fabulous range of fun puzzles for kids and adults alike, HipKids knows that it’s most fun to learn through doing - so what are you waiting for? Shop our huge selection of puzzles today!

Why you can buy from HipKids with confidence

The HipKids promise is to only bring you quality items sourced from all over the world that meet your expectations and comply with Australian Safety Standards. We also offer a 1 Year Structural Warranty with every item we sell, so you can have total peace of mind when you buy from us.

We’ve been supplying our unique range of kids toys, furniture and décor to Australian families for more than ten years now and we are widely acclaimed for our dedicated customer service, affordable prices and our focus on bringing you the best products for kids in the world.

When you shop with us, we also give a dollar from every sale to a life-changing project for kids as part of our I=change initiative. So you’re providing your kids with childhood memories they’ll cherish forever and also providing help to less fortunate kids as well.

And if all that’s not enough, we also offer a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee with everything we sell. So if you’re not 100% over the moon about your purchase, just return it and we’ll refund your money or exchange it for something of equal value (conditions apply).

Browse our range of kids’ puzzles now

A 100% Australian business that’s owned and run by parents, HipKids understand the kind of treatment children can dish out to their toys, so we only stock products that are designed to meet the demands of Australian families.

So if you live in Victoria, feel free to drop by our Inner East Melbourne showroom and see our fantastic range of toys, furniture and décor for yourself. Our hours are 9.30am to 3pm on weekdays and 9.30am to 1pm on Saturdays.

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What age are our puzzles suitable for?

Is your little one starting to show interest in more than just their immediate surroundings? If so, it might be time to introduce them to the wonderful world of jigsaw puzzles. It may come as a surprise to some but your babies can start using puzzles as young as 12 months. All of our puzzles are designed to be suitable for a range of ages, starting from 12 months with the Wooden Baby Shape Sorter. Once your child starts to get a bit older, we have puzzles that are visually pleasing and with big enough pieces for your child's growing hands. The 100 piece Djeco Enchanted Forest Observation is so lovely and colourful for children over 5. Each of our puzzles meets the Australian Safety Toy Standards and are designed to be accessible for children from 12 months and up. Please check the recommended age for each of our puzzle products for an appropriate age guide.

What age should a child do puzzles?

Did you know that babies can start puzzles from as early as 12 months! Starting your child with jigsaw’s comes with so many benefits, including bonding with parents, developing hand-eye coordination and introducing patterns and colours to your little ones. 18 months is generally when your baby will be developmentally ready to begin playing with puzzles. Starting your baby off with some simple wooden puzzles, such as our JaBaDaBaDo Puzzle Safari set is a great place to start. For your younger ones, we suggest something like Qtoys Natural Bouncing Stacking Rings. Here at Hip Kids, we aim to provide options for children of all ages. For older children, we suggest a puzzle-like our Ridley's Games Dog Lovers 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle. You and your kids can enjoy identifying each puppy while enjoying some quiet family time together.

Are puzzles good for children?

Puzzles are great for your children, not only do they provide quiet time while parents have a cuppa, but they also support your child’s fine motor skills. Furthermore, they promote creative play and help develop some really important developmental skills we all learn as we grow up. Your child’s cognitive, physical and emotional developments are being fine-tuned every time a puzzle is used. So many of our wooden puzzles for kids are designed to teach them about shapes and colours, while even you can join in on the fun too. Parents involving themselves with their children’s puzzle-solving can help boost confidence and to reinforce positive bonding between parent and child.

How can puzzles help my child?

Puzzles for kids can help in so many wonderful ways. Aside from helping develop spatial awareness and their hand-eye coordination development, puzzles can be helpful with everyday skills. Items such as our Qtoys Wooden Egg-pression puzzle set are a fantastic example of how puzzles can be used to integrate conversations around emotions. Parents can use any puzzle for their young ones to help make connections to the world around them. Puzzles are a fantastic toy, even if it’s just to give your child some quiet time.

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