On The Farm is a make and play jigsaw puzzle which can be used as a playmat to explore the environment of a farm. Using the trademark beautiful illustrations, synonymous with Orchard Toys, the large jigsaw puzzle explores many different aspects of farm life including crop growing and keeping livestock.
Measuring approximately 70x85cm, it's a large jigsaw puzzle made up of 14 pieces, the fact that it isn't made up of many pieces makes it a lot easier for younger children to construct which explains the 3+ age rating on it. Younger children would probably be capable of putting the puzzle together but may knock the pieces out of alignment when clambering to reach different parts of it.
The puzzle features a winding road running through the farmland, with a quaint farmhouse as the central focus, surrounded by a pig sty, field for sheep, crops, barn, duck pond, and a horse's stable and jumps in the field. There are twelve cut-out characters or vehicles (including farm workers or visitors, various animals and a tractor) which have small, plastic stands to help them stand up. The stands were quite stiff and therefore fiddly, needing adult intervention to slot the characters in (spare stands are included in the pack).
The play possibilities with this jigsaw puzzle are immense; there are opportunities for role-play, imaginative play, discussions, story time and language development, and that's on top of the problem-solving and logical thinking that comes from having constructed the puzzle in the first place.
The best bit about the On The Farm puzzle is that it connects up with the Giant Road Jigsaw, which is already a massive hit in this house. At the top of the On The Farm puzzle are two small pieces which end the road quite neatly. However, included in the pack are two connecting pieces which can extend the puzzle using the Giant Road Jigsaw and therefore extend the play possibilities.
We've had great fun creating a whole world with the two combined puzzles, and now we're just hoping that the development team over at Orchard Toys might create some other scenes in puzzle form which can link up; a park, a village green with shops and houses, or a forest would lead to great fun and many, many hours of play. This is especially true as The Boy can often be found with his Playmobil figures or Hot Wheels cars recreating scenes from books or real life.
On The Farm is available to buy from Orchard Toys for the very reasonable price of £13.95
Orchard Toys are very kindly offering one lucky reader of TheBoyandMe the opportunity to win their own On The Farm, simply fill in the Rafflecopter form below to be in with a chance of winning.
I was sent a copy of this product for the purpose of this review, my opinions are honest and unbiased.
A dolphin as they are happy and I could do some tricks
A monkey – I'd love an excuse to be naughty and climb trees with no panties on lol!
A lion so I could sleep all day.
A bird so i can fly around and see everything that is otherwise hidden from me.
A tiger so I could have lots of fun scaring people!
A dog, so I could lick my own… No, sorry, you did say make you laugh! Probably a cat then I could sleep all day and be as nasty as I wanted when I woke up!
A cat so I could sleep all day!
I've not entered as we've just reviewed this ourselves – it is WONDERFUL! Whoever ends up with this prize will love it. Have shared your comp x
A cat, so I could laze around and be spoiled for a day 😉
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A giraffe so I could be tall for once,I hate being short!
We love owls, so that would be my choice.
Wow, what a brilliant review and video. On the Farm seems to have gone down very well in TheBoyandMe household. So very glad you all have been enjoying it so much. May both of them become firm family favourites"
a lion for the day, lying in the sun flicking back my lustrous mane & having dinner brought to me for a change
A penguin, so i could film a happy feet film 🙂
Farm puzzle, how could I not enter!
I don;'t want to enter as we've just reviewed this ourselves but I wanted to say that it was lovely to see The Boy playing with On the Farm and the Giant Road Jigsaw together. I think we are going to get the Giant Road Jigsaw this weekend as someone has given me money to buy Bud a present for his birthday. I'm quite excited!
A giraffe to see what its like to look at the world from high up.
I'd be a hippo and roll around in mud all day.
My dog Crunchie, she sleeps all day, get's her meals freshly prepped every day & can sunbathe when she want's (when the sun comes out!)
a horse so I could jump over fences and into mud puddles
I'd be a fly….You know the saying I'd love to be a fly on the wall….I'd get to hear all the conversations I'd want too…hehehe
An elephant! I could eat whatever I wanted and not worry about getting fat because people would expect me to be! Lol! 🙂
I'd be a dog. I could eat all I wanted, including the leftovers of the family meals, go out and run about and have boundless energy, I'd get lots of love and cuddles from the family and could make lots of noise if something displeased me. I guess it's the closest I'd get to being a toddler again!
A giraffe! So I could get away from my smelly feet and see how it feels to be tall for once.
pig, so i can sleep
I would be a Kangaroo. I miss Austrailia, and the wildlife, and my nickname is Roo anyway. *hop hop hop hop hop*
a penguin so i could slide down the ice withouth a sledge and have lots of fun
I would like to be a squirrel to scamper up trees! we reviewed this too on playfest & loved it! but im still entering cos im sure my friends little boy would like one too hope thats ok!
A tortoise, a day of R&R….no rush
a monkey would love to be able to climb trees, and swing from branch to branch. Maybe sneak and eaves drop on people too lol
A much loved lazy cat, so I can sleep and get fed. Would be fun being able jump up onto walls and branches, but I promise I won't hurt any birds.
Definitely a Panda, Scary and Cuddly!
A cat so i could curl up in a ball and sleep all day and play all night.
A Sloth, just because they always look so content and happy.
A monkey so I could be a little cheeky but hopefully do some funny moves to make people laugh and smile.
a giraffe – because they are my favourite animal and people would look up to me
A Cat…. then I could talked to other cats and tell them it is not cool to poo in other people's gardens!!
I'd be a cat – so I could just lay there and sleep all day!
A cat so I could be lazy all day
I would be a horse and gallop around, loving the freedom and the speed! But I wouldn't want to carry anyone, I would just neigh at them if they tried! x
A goldfish, so I'd never get bored!
a sloth as I need to sleep!
A monkey because I love those tea parties they attend.
i would be a tiger, be a ldies man for the day lol
I would probably be my dog Homily, all she does is sleep, eat, and get cuddled!
I'd want to be something that sleeps for an incredibly long time, also something that is good at photoshopping photos in time for a weekly linky… not sure there's an animal that covers it though 😉
I would love to be an owl so that I could stay out at night see in the dark and pretend to be wise 🙂
A sloth. With three under-threes, I can only dream of doing nothing for a day!
I'd love to be a cat and nap the whole day long 😉
I would love to be a fish .. no care in the world and just watching the time go by
id love to be a parrot coz id love to fly but id have to be able to talk still!
A pig, so I could pig out all day and roll in mud.
I'd be cat so I could sleep all day!
A seagull so I could pinch ice creams and plop on people I don't like 🙂
A cat because they sleep all day 🙂
Every time I have been to a farm the pigs are always sleeping. So I would be a pig for the day! Roll around in mud and catch up on some sleep!
I would be a butterfly so I could fly around! 🙂 x
a cat – MY cat – because I would rule the house
I would be a giraffe so i could be nosy and see everything
A pig! I'd roll around in mud, fall asleep and eat. That's it 🙂 As log as there were no piglets to look after 🙂