Whether you prefer the sly fox, the wise owl, the clever raccoon, the bushy-tailed squirrel, or the prickly hedgehog, woodland creatures are popping up everywhere: on kids' pajamas, dresses, and tees; on bedding, nursery decor, and kid-friendly artwork; on puzzles, in books, and as stuffed animals. We tracked down 60 kid-friendly, on-trend woodland animal finds from Etsy, The Land of Nod, Blabla, and many more. Keep clicking to find your favorite wild thing!
We're kid-crazy for woodland animals (did you check out our fox finds last week?), including the cute, if not so cuddly, raccoon. We tracked down a dozen toys, tees, and nursery decor items from Etsy, Minted, Mini Boden, and more, all featuring our favorite little bandit. Whether you want to dress up your newborn in an adorable raccoon hat and cocoon or add the coolest puzzle block, designed by Crowded Teeth, to your child's toy collection, you're guaranteed to fall for one of these 'coons!
Each of these juvenile raccoons had the same idea: let's take a nap in this tiny hammock. All seven of them managed to fit, resulting in perhaps one of the best raccoon videos of all time. But it doesn't look like anyone is getting much rest around here! Those faces are too cute.
Halloween's tomorrow but the creatures of Bristol Zoo got their pumpkin treats a little early. These freshly carved jack-o'-lanterns were explored — and devoured — by creatures from raccoons to ring-tailed lemurs. Luckily for us, zoo photographers snapped the action before the pumpkin carcasses were properly disposed.
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Who doesn't love a good baby raccoon rescue story? (Especially since they get a little frightening when they grow up.) Somehow, a pair of raccoon-lets got stuck in a vending machine and some concerned citizens got a cute man in a huge cowboy hat to get them out. Now these babies can grow up to destroy people's attics, trespass via doggie doors and steal your pet's food, and terrorize adults in suburbia by walking around in raccoon gangs! Sweet.
Raccoons don't have a lot of chances to be considered cute, seeing as we usually run into them when they're rooting through our garbage, destroying our homes, or staring us straight in the eyes in their unnerving way. So it's with pleasure that I present you with this harp-playing water sprinkler-playing raccoon. And I must say his technique is quite marvelous. Next stop, Carnegie Hall!
All work (i.e. destroying people's houses and attacking their pets) and no play makes Rocky Raccoon a dull boy. (Also, am I seeing things or are those raccoons in the middle making out?)
Thanks, Neatorama!
In spirit of Earth Day, I thought we'd tackle a problem with wild animals. Sonoma b is having a big problem with some masked creatures. The very hungry raccoons seem determined to make a mess of her garbage. It's a company-issued, heavy-duty blue industrial plastic "can" filled with plastic kitchen bags. Even though it's emptied once a week, the pesky critters seem to find their way in before then! To hear what she has to say, read more
