Savannedyr | KiwiCo

My three-year-old has been obsessed with the dancing lion marionette since we built it together, and the stencils kept her busy for a whole afternoon. It’s rare to find a kit that blends art and animal facts this smoothly, and the finished pieces actually look good enough for the playroom shelf.

The chomping hippo hat was a huge hit—my kid wore it for three straight days and kept making it snap at everyone. I was surprised how sturdy the marionette turned out, and the stencils kept her busy mixing textures on the safari art.

My three-year-old kept shouting "roar" while we built the dancing lion marionette, and the string mechanism actually works smoothly enough for her to control. The stencils held up well through repeated scribbling sessions, and the little hippo facts got her asking questions about animals all afterno