Another case of my not reading other reviews carefully enough. This beaver is much darker than the images so the (small, beady) eyes are almost invisible. It creeped me out and I'm a grown man. Also the teeth are tiny and can't be seen unless you pry the mouth open so it looks like an otter with a beaver's tail. It is beautifully crafted and the materials feel wonderful. But without the eyes and teeth visible you may scare and confuse children. I bought this so I can use it in Narnia stories for church (Remember Mr Beaver) but am worried children will be too scared to listen to the Sunday School lesson. You CAN make the teeth visible by giving them a good tug and they will pop forward to be "buck" teeth. But there's no solution to the spooky (apparent lack of) eyes. You can see a video of this puppet and the Melissa and Doug giant lion on Youtube under this user name and the title "Mr. Beaver's Poem about King Aslan of Narnia"
Another case of my not reading other reviews carefully enough. This beaver is much darker than the images so the (small, beady) eyes are almost invisible. It creeped me out and I'm a grown man. Also the teeth are tiny and can't be seen unless you pry the mouth open so it looks like an otter with a beaver's tail. It is beautifully crafted and the materials feel wonderful. But without the eyes and teeth visible you may scare and confuse children. I bought this so I can use it in Narnia stories for church (Remember Mr Beaver) but am worried children will be too scared to listen to the Sunday School lesson. You CAN make the teeth visible by giving them a good tug and they will pop forward to be "buck" teeth. But there's no solution to the spooky (apparent lack of) eyes. You can see a video of this puppet and the Melissa and Doug giant lion on Youtube under this user name and the title "Mr. Beaver's Poem about King Aslan of Narnia"