Do NOT buy this item. It may be cute, but it is a choking hazard. The characters are stickers- they are not painted on. When we took the item out of the box, half of the stickers had fallen off. We pealed most of the other ones off so my son does not get them. I was very disappointed as I was looking forward to this item. I found a nicer one at Toys R us- a wooden jungle theme. Great colors and no stickers.