Jigsaw puzzles are great, especially to keep kids busy on a rainy day, but how often have you seen your child pull out that box of 500 pieces a second or third time? Next to never, right? But what if your puzzle had added play value that offered a new experience after the masterpiece was complete?

Green Pieces puzzles by TDC Games deserve a closer look. They have a secret eco-friendly activity waiting after the puzzle has been built. The puzzles, including this I Need a Hug image, are made from recycled paper that’s imbedded with seeds. So once your kids are done building, you can plant the puzzle in the backyard and wait for over a dozen species of wildflowers to bloom. Simply soak the puzzle pieces overnight and then plant them in the garden together the next morning. While you’re in the garden, you can explain that by giving the puzzle this new life in the soil, you’re reducing your carbon footprint.

Another cool thing about the I Need a Hug puzzle is how the image was created. It’s more than a snapshot of a panda, it’s actually made up of 2,000 smaller images of logging operations to bring awareness to the fact that deforestation is one of the biggest reasons that the earth’s panda population has dwindled below 2,000.

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