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  2. Jigsaw puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Child solving wooden puzzle. Jigsaw puzzles geared towards children typically have significantly fewer pieces and are typically much larger. For very young children, puzzles with as few as 4 to 9 large pieces (so as not to be a choking hazard) are standard. They are usually made of wood or plastic for durability and can be cleaned without damage.

  3. Bead maze - Wikipedia

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    Bead mazes feature a wooden base with brightly-colored rigid wires strung from one side of the base to the other, often in intricate tracks that loop and intertwine with one another. Large wooden beads , often themselves brightly colored and sometimes having differing shapes, are strung along these wires, allowing the child to move the beads ...

  4. Down feather - Wikipedia

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    Of the various items birds use to line their nests, down feathers provide the most effective insulation, though only when dry; wet down is the least effective insulator. [12] Down may also help camouflage the eggs when the female is away from the nest, particularly as the birds often draw the feathers over their eggs before leaving.

  5. Missing square puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used in mathematics classes to help students reason about geometrical figures; or rather to teach them not to reason using figures, but to use only textual descriptions and the axioms of geometry. It depicts two arrangements made of similar shapes in slightly different configurations.

  6. Wentworth Wooden Puzzles - Wikipedia

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    All puzzles are supplied in a cotton draw-string bag within a lidded box. These wooden puzzles are cut from 3mm thick wooden boards (as opposed to softer cardboard) to ensure they will survive the rigours of use for a very long time. Puzzles are supplied to the customer with the option of an image of the puzzle's subject matter printed on the box.

  7. Plug and feather - Wikipedia

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    The working principle of the plug and feathers. Each set consists of a metal wedge (the plug), and two metal shims (the feathers). The feathers are wide at the bottom, and tapered and curved at the top. When the two feathers are placed on either side of the plug, the combined width of the set is the same at both ends.

  8. Stave Puzzles - Wikipedia

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    The object of a Trick puzzle is detailed on a small block of wood that accompanies Trick puzzles. [ 12 ] An example of a Stave Trick puzzle is Champ, which is made up of 44 blue pieces and fits together 32 different ways, only one of which is correct where the serpent eats its own tail. [ 13 ]

  9. Tangram - Wikipedia

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    Like most modern sets, this wooden tangram is stored in the square configuration. The tangram (Chinese: 七巧板; pinyin: qīqiǎobǎn; lit. 'seven boards of skill') is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat polygons, called tans, which are put together to form shapes. The objective is to replicate a pattern (given only an outline ...