Look out, it's a crocokat..!

We were investigating myths and legends today and spend some time looking at unicorns and what other animals they might look like and why.  I learned that many years ago people thought that hippos were magical because they 'sweat out blood', but of course now we know that this is just their natural skin protection from the sun... interesting stuff though.

We ended up by making our own mythical creatures.  All you need are two paper cubes joined together with a split pin (so you can twist them round) and then four animals, coloured and cut in half stuck to each side.
When you rotate the boxes you can make some cool combinations.  Our favourites were the crocokat and the crocopard

When I'm feeling adventurous I might suggest we try this again with three blocks...