Every Hippo Mat™ begins with human ideas, research and creative decision-making. Our collection is developed by the Hippo Mat™ creative team and selected guest illustrators, with modern digital and AI-assisted tools supporting parts of the process where appropriate. Real-world places, landmarks, roads and local details may be simplified, stylised or thoughtfully interpreted to create a clear, playful world for children to explore. Products created through our Guest Illustrator Programme are clearly marked with the Guest Illustrated badge. Learn more about the people, research and creative process behind our designs in How Each Hippo Mat™ Is Created.
Your order will be dipatched between 1 October and 7th December 2027.
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What happens when learning meets fun? Magic!
Introducing the Dinant Hippo Mat™ — a Dinant play mat and road play mat for toy cars, designed to spark imagination, storytelling, and thoughtful screen-free play.
Designed to celebrate real places through imaginative, screen-free play, with recognisable landmarks, riverside character, and little local details that make each journey feel distinctly Dinant.
With wide, drivable roads made for toy cars and 15+ landmarks, places, and local quirks from Dinant, every play session opens up a new adventure. Children can invent routes, create missions, and act out real-world scenes — from riverside journeys and bridge crossings to citadel climbs, cliffside viewpoints, and musical adventures inspired by Adolphe Sax.
A road play mat for toy cars that celebrates Dinant with charm, care, and a strong sense of place.
The Dinant Hippo Mat™ road play mat features a playful, map-style layout inspired by the town, including highlights such as:
As children explore routes and make up stories with their toy cars, they naturally practise:
This Dinant play mat is made with a soft microfiber velvet surface that feels smooth under hands and knees, making it ideal for floor play. A non-slip latex backing helps keep the road play mat in place when play gets energetic, while also helping to protect floors and reduce noise.
Read our guide to the landmarks included on the Dinant play mat.
Designed for imaginative everyday play, and made to feel thoughtful and gift-worthy from the moment it arrives.
Your order will be dispatched between 1 October and 7th December 2027.
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Every Hippo Mat™ begins with real places, community ideas and human creative direction. Modern digital and AI-assisted tools help us explore and refine possibilities, while people choose the landmarks, guide the layout, check the details and approve the final design.
The result is a carefully considered play mat made for imaginative play, vivid printing and a premium finished feel.
Turns playtime into learning time. Children can build stories, explore places, practise direction and develop real-world awareness through imaginative, screen-free play.
A thoughtful gift for little explorers. Beautifully designed and full of play value, a Hippo Mat™ is a memorable present for birthdays, Christmas and special occasions.
The more eligible mats you add, the more your pre-order includes. Only valid until April 30th 2027:
Become eligible for:
Everything you receive with 1 mat, plus:
Everything you receive with 2 mats, plus:
Some customer review photos may show previous Hippo Mat™ designs from earlier product runs. These were much-loved original designs, and selected artwork details have been gently blurred as our new relaunch designs will be updated. Every new Hippo Mat™ will continue to offer the same premium feel, detailed artwork, high-quality printing and vivid colours that make Hippo Mat™ special.
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