have the puzzle to my son as a "pacifier" bestowed, when he was just 2 years old. that was a year ago and since then the puzzle almost daily in use, but is so far hardly any traces of yet often bumpy handling. It is well made, the pieces are easy to put together and thanks to the predefined "kiss-cuts" on the box, it can play loose already 2-3 years. All in all, top marks.