Children’s Jigsaw Puzzles With an Added Twist

Many commercially available cardboard jigsaw puzzles come with additional things to do with them besides assembling the puzzle. Most of them are aimed at individuals who just hate taking puzzles apart after spending so many hours piecing them together, while others involve knowing trivia or solving crosswords prior to assembling the puzzle. Solve-the-mystery type puzzles are mentioned elsewhere so are deliberately excluded here as are puzzle twists for adults.

This list is in a very beginning stage and I am quite certain it is nowhere near complete. I am not actively searching for items to add to the page – but I do add new puzzles if I discover them while looking for puzzles aimed at adults. Please contact me if you have additional titles/details. I am deliberately excluding online, electronic, or computer puzzles.

bePuzzled

bePuzzled For Kids (15 x 15” – 125 pieces – listed in order of difficulty)

Countdown on the Metro

The Missing Mascot

Robot on the Rampage (1988)

Secret of Rock Island

bePuzzled Jr. (each has 250 pieces, is 15 x 15” and contains a 5 page booklets unless specified otherwise below- for ages 8-12)

Agatha Christie Mysteries

Million Dollar Bond Robbery (600 pieces – also issued in the bePuzzled Agatha Christie series and Paul Lamond Games in 1998)

Back Court Mysteries

Legend Under the Boards (by Matt Christopher, 1992, booklet and 3 character cards)

Detective Trio Mysteries

Case of the Computer Sleuths, The (1993 –booklet and special detective disk)

Hidden Treasures Mysteries

Captain Blackwell’s Treasure (by Wayne Geehan, 1993, booklet and pirate scroll – has a secret puzzle image)

L.L. Bean’s Outdoor Adventures

Trailfinder Bear (16 page booklet and magnifying glass included – has a secret puzzle image)

Matt’s At Bat Puzzling Mysteries Series (booklet and 3 baseball cards)

Lefty’s Lost Pitch (by Matt Christopher, 1991)

Fielder’s Dream (by Matt Christopher, 1991)

Puzzling Pen Pal Mysteries (booklet and pen pal solution letter)

Birthday Mystery, The (by Patricia Lakin, 1992)

Case of the Missing Ribbons (by Patricia Lakin, 1991)

Case of the Stolen Jewels (by Patricia Lakin, 1992)

In Search of the Hidden Statue (1993)

Soccer Sleuth’s Mystery (booklet and 3 soccer character cards)

The Birthday Mystery (by Alan Robbins, 1992)

Heading for Trouble (by Alan Robbins, 1992)

Tennis Twins Mystery

Menace or Tennis (by Patricia Lakin, 1992, booklet and 4 tennis character cards)

SpiderTales – 250 pieces – 15 x 15” – “solve the mystery and for extra fun find the hidden spider”

Balancing Act (by Nancy Butcher, 1997)

Birthday Spies (1998)

Cyber Sleuth (by Al Carusone)

Hoop Magic! (by Al Carusone, 1998)

Magic in the Attic (by Katherine Hall Page, 1994)

Practice Makes Perfect (by Nancy Butcher)

Princess Ballerina (by Nancy Butcher)

Scout’s Honor (by Al Carusone, 1996)

Secret Pony Club, The (by Nancy Butcher, 1996)

Shrinking Lessons (by Ann Gerfin, 1994)

Soccer Rules (by Al Carusone)

Sleepless Sleepover (by Al Carusone, 1995)

Spies on Wheels (by Ann Gerfin, 1995)

Swim at Your Own Risk (by Alan Robbins, 1994)

Teacher’s Pet (by Al Carusone, 1996)

Three Strikes, You’re Dead (by Denis J. Harrington)

Time’s Up! (by Al Carusone)

Which is Witch (by Wayne Geehan)

Briarpatch

I Spy Children’s Puzzles – Ages 5 and up

I Spy – 1,2,3… – 63 pieces, 11 ½ x 15”

I Spy – A is for… – 35 pieces – 29½ x 18” – floor puzzle

I Spy – Blast Off – 63 pieces, 11½ x 15”

I Spy – Blocks – 24 pieces – 11½ x 15”

I Spy – Monster Workshop – 63 pieces, 11½ x 15”

I Spy – Patterns and Paint – 200 pieces – 11½ x 15”

I Spy – Sand Castle – 100 pieces

I Spy – Yikes! – 63 pieces – 11½ x 15”

Look-Alikes Children’s Puzzles

Construction – 63 pieces, 11 ½ x 15”

Harbor – 100 pieces, 11½ x 15”

Playground – by Joan Steiner – 63 pieces, 11 ½ x 15” – find 107 everyday objects in picture

Buffalo Games

Talking Jigsaw Puzzles Jr. (for kids) – 108 pieces, 24 x 15”

Haunted House

School

Toy Store

Ceaco

Alpha Search – 100 pieces – 16 x 16” - Assemble the puzzle then use the enclosed spinner to choose a letter. Then find something in the puzzle that starts with that letter.

Alphabet Challenge – by Gale Pitt – 100 pieces – find one item from A to Z

Farmyard

Jungle

Sports

Glo-Zone Magical Mazes – 100 pieces – 17 x 10” – includes 2 playing pieces – assemble the puzzle then try to find way through maze – solution glows in the dark

#1602-1 Troll World (red box)

#1602-2 Treehouses (green box)

#1602-3 Pirate Ship (blue box)

Great Treasure Hunt – by David Anson Russo – 150 pieces – 12 x 24½” – find the hidden images within the puzzle

#1603-1 Troll Village(green box)

#1603-2 Tree Fairies (purple box)

#1603 -3 Ship (blue box)

#1603-1 Zoo (green box)

#1603-2 Circus (purple box)

#1603-3 Canal (blue box)

Mystery Match – 100 pieces, 16 x 16" – use the red lens decoder included in box to locate all of the pictures that rhyme with the pictures on the border of the puzzle. For ages 5-10.

Beach Mystery Match (1996)

Fair Mystery Match (1994)

House Mystery Match (1994, puzzle #1726-2)

Scrambled States of America – puzzle and book set by Laurie Keller – 150 piece puzzle, 18 x 24” – read the book, then do the puzzle – find 10 state shaped pieces secretly hidden in the puzzle

Search for Small Stuff – by Adrian Chesterman – 100 pieces, 16 x 16” – search for 24 hidden images using magnifying glass included

#1601-1 In China (red box)

#1601-2 In Australia (red box)

#1601-3 In the Amazon (purple box)

#1601-4 In Egypt (orange box)

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Colgate Mystery Mountain Puzzle – 1981 – 100 pieces – help Colgate’s Happy Tooth find the 19 hidden plaque monsters. Comes in a round cardboard canister. Appears to have been a mail-in offer - mailing label on side of canister.

Educa

Detective Game Puzzle Series

Garden – 100 pieces, 40 x 28 cm – contains 15 mystery items to locate in picture – list on box base.

Galt Toys

Magic Puzzles – 15½ x 21½” – ages 4 to 8 years - There are 15 magic patches that reveal a hidden image when heated, simply rub the heat sensitive ink to find a surprise!

Haunted House

Jungle Adventure

Ocean Explorers

Outdoor Activities

Gibsons Puzzles

Amazeing Puzzles – by Anna Nilsen, 2004 – 200 pieces – assemble puzzle, complete the maze, find the treasure and see it glow in the dark. Buy all 4 and connect them to create a mega amazeing puzzle.

Amazeing Puzzle 1

Amazeing Puzzle 2

Amazeing Puzzle 3

Amazeing Puzzle 4

Great American Puzzle Factory

Dora the Explorer – 21 pieces, 12½ x 19” – Ages 3-10 years

1. Dora & Boots Seek and Find Jigsaw Puzzle – #400 – 10 hidden items

2. Dora & Friends Seek and Find Jigsaw Puzzle – #401 – count the number of butterflies – how many are there of each color?

3. Count with Dora Seek and Find Jigsaw Puzzle – #402 – count to 10 in English and Spanish

Maze Puzzles – 100 pieces, 11½ x 16 ¼” – ages 5 and up – magnifying glass included

Museum Maze

Pirate Ship Maze – can you find the cabin boy and lead him to the middle mast?

Roller Coaster Maze

Treasure Hunt Maze – 1996 – help the pirate find the treasure

Peek and Seek – 100 pieces, 11½ x 16¼”– comes with a deck of 24 picture cards showing items to spot in picture

Playground

Seaport

Puzzle Within a Puzzle series (for kids) – 100 pieces, solution sheet enclosed, 11½ x 16¼”

Alphabet Shop, The – by Gale Pitt – how many words can you find starting with each letter of the alphabet? (also issued by Crown & Andrews as a 1000 piece puzzle for adults)

Around the Waterhole – finished puzzle contains 2 scenes – need to find the 12 differences between the 2 pictures after assembling the jigsaw

Count the Cars – 1992

Cryptic Maze

“D” Day at the Zoo – 2000 – find 68 things that start with “D” – solution provided – free magnifying glass in box

Deep in the Jungle – 1996 – find the hidden animals from A to Z

Hidden Animals – 1992 – find 14 hidden animals

In Dappled Sunlight – find the differences between the two woodland glens

Life Underground – help the mother rabbit safely find her way through the maze back to her nest

Magic Hat – find over 100 items beginning with “M” – solution provided – free magnifying glass in box

Monster Dance Party – by Bob Terrio – how many monsters can you find?

Museum Maze – find your way through the maze – visit 19 attractions without crossing your path.

Out of Time – find what doesn’t belong in 1752

Pets at the Vet’s – find what's wrong with the pets

Pig in a Poke, A

Pirate Ship Maze

Prehistoric Predators – #529 – find the 13 hidden dinosaurs – solution provided – free magnifying glass in box

Rainforest Roundup – how many of each animal can you find? free magnifying glass in box

Seeing Double

Something Fishy – find the funky looking fish

Think Twice – find all the objects beginning with “T”

Treasure Hunt Maze – find the pirate’s treasure

Where’s Waldo? – by Martin Handford, 100 pieces, 11½ x 16¼”

#623 On the Beach – 1989 – locate Waldo and 24 other items

#624 Safari Park – 1989 – locate Waldo and 18 other items

#625 ?

#626 The Carpet Flyers – 1991 locate Waldo and 25 other items

#627 Being a Pirate – 1991 – locate Waldo and 19 other items

#628 The Gold Rush – 1991 – locate Waldo and 22 other items

#629 The Unfriendly Giants – 1991 – locate Waldo and 21 other items

Hallmark – see Springbok

Highlights for Children, Inc.

Jigsaw Puzzle Set – 100 pieces, Ages 5-10

Hidden Pictures (red box) – contains at least 2 dozen hidden objects

Kite Match (blue box) – match the identical kites in the picture – picture shows 8 pairs of identical kites

What’s Wrong? (green box) – locate mistakes in the picture

International Playthings

30 pieces – 14¾ x 11½”

Find the Fairy Tales

Search and Find Alphabet – find all things from A to Z

Detective Game Puzzles – 100 pieces, 15¾ x 11” – children’s puzzles for ages 4-8; assemble the puzzle and look for the hidden objects

Enchanted Maze, The

Haunted Maze – look for the 15 clues, mark them to find the camouflaged person hiding in the puzzle.

Traffic Jam

Zoo, The

Lombard Marketing – see bePuzzled

Northern Games Co. Ltd. (Edmonton, Canada)

*Eye Jinxx: the jigsaw puzzle boardgame – Premiere Edition, NGC 404 – copyright 1990, Strathcona Mosaic Ltd., Manufactured by Northern Games Co – 305 pieces, 19½ x 30” – for 1 to 24 players, age 8 to adult. – also contains 8 hidden objects worth special bonus points if located and placed on the board. Box includes: game board, 3 minute hourglass timer, 1 dice, 4 pencils, 3 hidden object cards, color poster of finished puzzle picture, scoresheets, and rules pamphlet. It can be assembled cooperatively, without rules or time constraints. Or, it can be assembled competitively, by two or more players/teams, in accordance with the rules, time limits, and scoring format provided. Players earn points by locating and placing puzzle pieces from the box, or by raiding other players' work areas, in their correct spot on the board. Also, putting 8 or more connecting pieces together in a players work area constitutes an Eye Jinxx and is worth added points.

Parker Brothers, Inc.

Situation 4 – 1968, for 2-4 players, ages 8 to adult. The game consists of two identical rectangular puzzles in different shades (one green and one brown). Two separate teams compete to assemble their parts the fastest while preventing the other side from completing their sections. Tanks defend territory by preventing the player's opponent from playing a puzzle piece which would connect to the piece the tank is on. Paratroopers allow the player to play a puzzle piece which connects to their opponent's puzzle instead of their own. Rules are available as a PDF file.

Situation 7 – 1969, for 2-4 players, ages 8 to adult. Set of 2 round cardboard puzzles, one blue and one purple, each 19” in diameter and 90 pieces – played on a circular board and set in outer space with astronauts, satellites and rockets replacing the paratroops and tanks. Contains playing board and implements for game where each player races to complete puzzle without having pieces claimed by opposing players. Rules are available as a PDF file.

Paul Lamond Games Ltd (United Kingdom)

Kids Spot the Difference – 100 pieces

1. Naughty Puppy

2. At the Fair

3. Seaside Trip

Ravensburger/FX Schmid USA Inc.

Can You Find Them? – 90 pieces – comes with magnifying glass

Desert Delta

House for a Mouse, A

Life at the Top

Reef of Colors, A – 1993

Hide and Peep Puzzles – 90 pieces – comes with magnifying glass

Frogs are Fantastic

What’s Wrong With This Classroom? – 1993 – 100 pieces

Scholastic – see Briarpatch

Springbok

Seek-And-Find Fun

North Pole Toy Company –by John Donnell, 1994, XZL4510 – 20½ x 26¾” – says it contains over 550 pieces, but when completed actually only has 400 pieces – family puzzle (big pieces for kids and little pieces for grown-ups). There was no title on box – but it is a picture of the North Pole Toy Company.

*Presenting Blue! – picture design copyright John Donnell, 1984 – manufactured by Hallmark in 2000. Puzzle number on can appears to be PZL4801 – but could be PZL4601 – hard to read. Contains 400 pieces, approximately 20½ x 26¾”. Comes in a paint can – family puzzle (big pieces for kids and little pieces for grown-ups). Also contains "seek-and-find activity" with 48 items hidden in picture – list of hidden items included inside can.

Strathcona Mosaic Limited – see Northern Games Limited

University Games

Cat in the Hat Fuzzy Puzzle, The – 2000 – 20 pieces, ages 4 and up – has a red & white striped fuzzy hat on one side – the other side is a maze with pictures from the book.

Lift and Learn Puzzles – 300 pieces, 20 x 14” – finished puzzle shows scenes of animals in their natural habitat – back of box shows each animal & has flaps to lift up and learn more about each animal.

Animals of the World

Creatures of the Deep

Dinosaurs and Pre-Historic Beasts

Secret World Puzzles – 100 pieces – search for the images hidden in the puzzles – larger images of each are pictured in the puzzle border.

Backyard Bugs

Ocean Creatures

Earth’s Animals – locate 32 animals

Toys in the Attic – locate 26 hidden toys

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Page created in 2004.

Links checked: March 26, 2006

Last updated: august 2, 2007