Best Disney Puzzle Reviews 2018

Disney puzzles are quite affordable, and come in different price ranges usually determined by the number of pieces in the puzzle set. A 1000-piece puzzle set is likely to cost more than a 40-piece puzzle set, and since the number of pieces is directly proportional to the difficulty level of the set, you’ll have to pay close attention to it. There’s no point in getting a low-priced 40-piece Disney puzzle set when you need a set with 1000 puzzle pieces.

Most Disney puzzles are in the price range of $9 to $50, which is largely determined by the number of pieces in the set. Our featured products cover different brands that fall within this price range, so you can make your choice according to what you need.

While researching, we came across some cheap Disney puzzles that may not pose enough challenges or hold one’s interest in the game. Since we’re all about value for money, we decided to ignore them and bring only the best to you. Sit back and read as we unveil them to you.

Picking a great Disney puzzle set is all about finding one that is just right for the age and experience of the puzzle solver. You need one that won’t bore easily, but that's challenging enough to hold the puzzler’s attention for a long while. Here are some factors to consider so as to make the right choice:

• Puzzle type or style
• Theme
• Difficulty
• Age of the puzzle solver

Disney puzzles come in a variety of forms all designed to help improve cognitive and motor skills, manual dexterity, and coordination. They come in different types and styles.

There are written puzzles such as spot-the-difference, anagrams, connect-the-dots, crosswords, and Sudoku. There are jigsaw puzzles that involve assembling several interlocking parts or pieces. There are also mechanical puzzles, which are intertwined mechanical pieces, and shape-sorting puzzles for young kids developing rudimentary problem solving skills.

In terms of styles, Disney puzzles can come as floor puzzles, magnetic puzzles, peg puzzles, frame puzzles, nesting puzzles (such as nesting blocks), and wooden puzzles, a child’s best first puzzle set. All these styles are suited for children of particular age brackets, and getting an unsuitable one will be frustrating for the child.

Most Disney puzzles are made from flat, standard cardboard cutouts, with sides designed to interlock with corresponding pieces. But in the case of a 3D puzzle, the pieces are made from durable and lightweight foam materials that can be used to create scaled 3D models of famous buildings, landmarks, or even cartoon and animal themes.

Disney puzzles come in a wide variety of subject matters or themes designed to attract both young and adult solvers. There’s no gainsaying the fact that for Disney puzzles to be interesting, the image should be a theme that children are familiar with and enjoy. If the puzzle is for a child, getting one with a popular cartoon or animal theme will be an instant hit, while a puzzle with ancient Egyptian images and history may be as uninteresting as dull wallpaper to the child.

Working out a puzzle is meant to be challenging and thought-provoking, even for young children, but not so difficult that it makes the puzzler abandon the project. This often happens when you get a Disney puzzle far more advanced than the age of the child. A small child, for instance, will do extremely well with a three- to four-piece wooden puzzle set that requires fewer calculative moves. After age three, children develop finer motor skills and will require puzzles with more pieces, such as peg or nesting puzzles, but they’ll still require puzzles with corresponding images to match with.

Slightly older kids can be introduced to the deeper concept of Disney puzzles with interlocking pieces. This is best done with frame puzzles that have a guiding frame, so the child can be more successful. These Disney frame puzzles can have anywhere from 13 big pieces to around 100 smaller pieces. Children in this age bracket also love magnetic puzzles.

For children six years and up, the jigsaw puzzle with 100 or more pieces come into play. This type of puzzle can take hours to solve, but be sure to place the puzzle box with the image nearby. It will help the child to complete the puzzle faster.

If you do not own a large table, or you lack the space required for a Disney jigsaw puzzle set, you can go for the floor puzzles, which come with larger pieces and can be completed on a hard and flat floor surface.

As a general rule of thumb, the more the number of pieces in a Disney puzzle, the more difficult it gets. Pay close attention to the number of pieces that come in the puzzle set you want to buy, so you don’t end up buying one that will be impossible for your child to deal with. For children up to two years of age, a puzzle need not have more than 10 to 15 pieces, while children up to age five can deal with puzzle pieces up to 80. As they grow older, completing puzzles with more pieces becomes easier for them. It’s advisable to follow the rule accordingly, unless you have an exceptionally gifted puzzler.

You might also want to consider Disney puzzles with pieces that have fewer contrasting and evenly spaced colors, as opposed to puzzles with multicolored and confusing colors. The former is easier to complete than the latter, unless you want a more challenging Disney puzzle.