‘New Year’s Cars’ wooden inset puzzles

About the game

Five festive cars are rushing to deliver presents, but each one is a different size and colour. Which car is the biggest, and which is the smallest? Help them all line up correctly on the snow-covered road!

‘Christmas Cars’ is a wooden puzzle insert featuring five cars of different sizes. The child examines the cars with their presents, compares their sizes and colours, and finds the correct places for them beneath the festive arch.

Once all the cars are in the right places, the little Christmas fleet is ready to deliver the presents.

In the set

• base measuring 32 × 12 cm: a snow-covered road beneath a festive arch
• 5 toy cars carrying presents of various sizes and colours

How to play

1. Take out the cars.
2. The child arranges them from smallest to largest.
3. Put each one back in its place on the road.

Where to start

Start with the smallest and the largest car.

Game variations

• ‘big – small’;
• count from 1 to 5;
• name the colours;
• ‘Who are the presents for?’.

What children can practise

• the concept of ‘more and less’
• counting to 5
• colours

Who it’s for

Children aged 3 and over; at home, at kindergarten, whilst travelling.

Material

Wood-based board (pressed wood), bright print.