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Create a savannah themed room with SANDLÖPARE

Listen. Can you hear the grass rustling in the wind? Or the trumpeting of an elephant? Forget all about kittens and dog strolls. You are in the world of roars and sprints now. A world where everyone has a strategy for survival, whether it’s running, hiding or hunting. In SANDLÖPARE, you will meet the smart and social meerkat, the fast and nimble cheetah and the tall and graceful giraffe. Find your favourite in this collection for children from 3 to 99 and combine them with already existing jungle animals from our range.

A sunlit savannah made from cardboard cutouts and duvet covers and pillowcases is filled with SANDLÖPARE soft toy animals.

Help protect endangered species

For every soft toy you buy between the 13th of October and the 30th of November, IKEA donates CHF 1.- to WWF Switzerland and their important work in giving endangered species a future.

Every action counts

Decorate the children’s room with giraffes

In the SANDLÖPARE collection, you can find giraffes as stickers, soft toys, on posters, storage bags, bed linen and more. In this children’s room we have hidden fifteen giraffes. Can you find them all? And yes, tails count too!

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A children’s room filled with savannah themed toys from the SANDLÖPARE collection with giraffes on both rug and bedding.
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Cheetah spots on sheets and towels

In the wild, animals’ distinct patterns help them avoid being detected by predators. At home, it can be just as important to blend in with your surroundings and hide in plain sight. Taking a bath should leave your child spotless, but not when they’re drying off in this SANDLÖPARE hooded towel with a cheetah pattern.

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A child in a SANDLÖPARE towel with hood with cheetah pattern sits on a bed surrounded by soft toy cheetahs and a rubber duck.
A group of beige SANDLÖPARE soft toy cheetahs and cheetah cubs are playing and sleeping in a sunlit savannah landscape.
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Find the meerkats!

Meerkats never seem to be still and they are always on the lookout for danger. The dark patches around their eyes act as natural sunglasses and if a predator approaches, they sound an alarm to warn the others to hide in burrows underground. A meerkat clan can have up to 50 members. How many can you see here? Bring home your own SANDLÖPARE soft toy meerkat or get a mini meerkat mascot.

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A group of SANDLÖPARE soft toy meerkats are sleeping in a pile on a sunlit savannah made from cardboard cutouts and bedding.
A child is cuddling with a soft toy meerkat in a bed with a white/dark blue SANDLÖPARE duvet cover and pillowcase.
A beige SANDLÖPARE soft toy meerkat with large eyes sits upright, showcasing its soft fur and endearing expression.
A beige SANDLÖPARE mini meerkat hangs as a mascot on a blue backpack with brown straps.
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Swing like a chimpanzee

Chimpanzees easily swing from branch to branch. With opposable thumbs as well as toes, it’s almost as if they have four hands. The SANDLÖPARE soft toy chimpanzee has touch-and-close fastening on both hands and feet and can easily join your family’s adventures. Let it hang around your neck, on a bag or from the ceiling.

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A child sits on their knees in a savannah themed room while carrying a SANDLÖPARE soft toy chimpanzee on their shoulders.
A black SANDLÖPARE soft toy chimpanzee hangs by its feet in a sunny savannah landscape.
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Bring home a herd of zebras

To zebras, black and white stripes on a beige background is considered camouflage. Lions are colourblind, which means that the colour is less important than the pattern that blends well into the savannah grass. And when the zebras stand together in a herd, it’s difficult for the lions to single one of them out to attack. Create your own herd of zebras. With soft padding in recycled polyester, the SANDLÖPARE zebra patterned stool covers are a great complement to the FLISAT and MAMMUT stools.

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Two black SANDLÖPARE soft toy chimpanzees hold hands in a bright savannah themed children’s room.
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Play and learn with the animals of the wild

Explore the stories of the savannah at home. Learn more about the animals in the educational and tricky SANDLÖPARE activity book with 25 pages of creative puzzles for curious minds. Or roll out the SANDLÖPARE colouring roll and invite the whole family to interpret the animals of the savannah.

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Three storage trunks are stacked under a KURA bed and a quilted mat lies on the floor with a SANDLÖPARE activity book on it.
Two children and an adult are in a sunlit children’s room painting on a SANDLÖPARE colouring roll.
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Curiosity for conservation

The animals in the wild might feel far away but there is a lot you can do to help them, even from your own home. And you have already taken the first step by learning more about the animals and understanding their struggles. Here are some other examples of how you can help:

Protect nature: Make sure to take care of nature and never leave behind trash that could harm the animals.

Let the wild remain wild: Wild animals are not ours to keep. They have their own families and homes to return to and should not be cuddled with. That’s what we have soft toys for.

Volunteer at your local nature conservation center: Find out what you can do to help wildlife in your hometown.

A textile basket filled with animal soft toys in a children's room.

Are you curious to learn more about the wildlife of the savannah?

Read more about the animals and insects, the challenges they face and what we can do to protect them in the SANDLÖPARE book of facts.

The SANDLÖPARE book of facts