Animanes Wooden Animals

It's always  fun to see kids use their imaginations to create their own creatures. I used to love those coloring books that encouraged you to use different animal parts to create something new. That is the concept behind Animanes a project by Pedro Cerisola. Animanes are wooden animals with magnetic limbs that can be mixed and matched. Kids (or adults) can create the animal how it actually is or make something completely new.

Not only are Animanes a fun concept, but they look great too. He used birch wood parts cut out and rounded off with sandpaper and an avocado oil finish. The layered wood assemble also creates a nice graphic style. These are toys I wouldn't want to immediately hide in the toy box. Check out more about this project on Cerisola's behance site.