Best for
Best for families looking for a craft activity that does more than fill colouring time. It suits a child who enjoys making something with their hands and then using the finished ballet dancers in pretend play afterwards.
Loading...
Craft Kits & Playdough
Colour & Assemble Ballet Dancers
by Djeco
A Djeco craft kit where ballet dancers are coloured, assembled and then brought into pretend play.
A little ballet troupe made at home
Afternoons can unfold in their own order. One day, your child may settle in to colour one dancer carefully. Another day, they may line up the six ballet puppets and decide who is taking the stage first. Because the dancers are made by their own hands, the play can keep shifting from craft table to pretend performance without needing a big setup or a grand plan.
$16.95
Unit price
/
Unavailable
Two-year structural warranty
Structural faults are covered under our warranty terms.
Dispatched from Melbourne
Sent from our Melbourne warehouse with tracking.
Thirty-day change-of-mind returns
Available on eligible items returned unused and unassembled.
Chosen with care
Pieces we’re proud to offer families.
Our in-stock products are usually dispatched from Melbourne within 24–48 hours. During peak and sale periods, dispatch and transit times may be longer.
Buying guidance
Is this right for your family?
Who this product is particularly well suited to.
Product overview
From colouring time to curtain call
Some crafts are put away as soon as they are finished, but the ones that stay around are often the ones that can join the next story. At first, your little one colours the ballet dancers and puts them together. Soon, the finished puppets have names, poses and places in pretend shows. Some days it is all about choosing colours; other days it is about bringing the dancers back out for another performance. Before long, it can feel less like a one-off craft and more like something they made that still belongs in their play.
Product details
Thoughtful details that make a difference
The craft carries on after colouring
Your little one colours and assembles the ballet-themed jumping jack puppets, then has dancers they can bring into pretend play. It gives the activity a second life beyond
Why this matters
It helps the finished craft feel like something they made to use, not just something to display.
Six dancers gives the story room
With six ballet-themed jumping jack puppets included, your child has more than one dancer to create, compare and bring into their pretend performances.
Why this matters
The value is not only in the number included, but in the way the group of dancers can become a whole little cast.
A made-by-me performance piece
Because the dancers are coloured and assembled by your child, the finished puppets carry that proud feeling of, 'I made this.' That can make showing them off feel
Why this matters
Parents often love when a craft becomes something their child wants to return to, rather than something that is finished and forgotten.