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A 3D Earth Globe Puzzle in 50 Pieces: Worth the Two Hours?

A 50-piece globe you build before you look at it: paper and foam board, roughly two hours, no glue and no tools.

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The finished 3D Earth globe puzzle: a printed world map on the sphere, with the interior cutaway alongside

A globe a child assembles before they ever look at it. Fifty interlocking pieces in paper and EPS foam board, roughly two hours, no glue and no tools. The finished model is a 15 cm sphere on a 25 cm base.

What you get

  • 50 pre-cut, numbered pieces in paper and EPS foam board
  • A printed instruction sheet, no glue or tools needed
  • A cutaway showing the Earth's interior: core, mantle and crust
  • A base that holds the finished globe upright
Children assembling the globe puzzle and holding the finished modelThe finished globe boxed as a gift for a birthday or holiday

Worth knowing

  • About two hours of building, best as a shared project with a child aged 8 to 14
  • Paper and foam board are light, so it belongs on a desk rather than in a playroom
  • It is a model, not a precision instrument, and not a globe that works straight out of the box
Printed assembly steps and numbered parts on the sheetsSize reference: a 15 cm (5.9 inch) sphere on a 25 cm (9.8 inch) base

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