Kneading's great!
Place plastic tablecloth over the table for protection
Provide residual material
Children count out which animals they know and which ones they want to meet on your adventure trip.
Children knead an animal of their choice. The children like it very much when you knead with them as a parent. In my experience, this is less about kneading something, rather about sitting and holding dough in your hands.
Children knead according to instructions e.g. butterfly, snail, elephant. For younger children it is often easier to make the animals flat (2D) - as in this example with the giraffe.
Children take a photo of their animals