03.16.2010
Habitat wooden ice cream set
Wooden ice cream sets are nothing new, but trust Habitat to redo a thing stylishly. Plus, they've found ways to make sure that you'll adopt it happily into your home.
For a start, the nifty little kit is so appealing, the adults will be joining in the ice cream shop roleplay quite willingly.
It also comes in a very sophisticated wooden box, quite unlike the brash packaging of most children's toys, and would look quite comfortable in any minimalist's home.
Your kids will enjoy it too, for the bright colours and snap-together magnets. Wins all round, for a now-reduced price of only £12.00.
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03. 8.2010
Sushi train!
A tip for toy-makers: it's the parents who have the money; it's them you want to appeal to. And hoo boy, forget the kids, does this sushi train set appeal to me.
Actually, it probably would with or without the train aspect, so maybe that's been added on in an attempt to woo the under threes as well, for that extra bit of consumerist ballast. Look at those cute little sushi plates and accessories! Now you can re-enact your visit to the conveyor-belt sushi place, in the comfort of your own home.
From Lark in Australia, so those in the other hemisphere will have to wait, well, longer than it takes for the average maki roll to make it round the belt - but they do deliver worldwide, by arrangement.
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03. 8.2010
Chalk eggs
Remember the chubby crayon cats? These chalk eggs remind me of them: the perfect shape for preschool-sized hands to grasp and make a mark. £10.22 gets you half a dozen.
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02.27.2010
Miller Goodman Playshapes
If Miller Goodman Playshapes look familiar, you might remember the Shape Maker from the same pair of designers, Zoe Miller and Dave Goodman. That was a set of flat shapes with which you could make a variety of pictures, while this set essentially takes the same idea into 3D.
The kit consists of 74 appealing bits and pieces that you won't find in your everyday set of building blocks. They're larger and chunkier than you might imagine, too: seeing them in a shop window the other day, I was surprised to see a structure standing at about 12" tall.
These are definitely desirable, with the only impediment being, for me, the price - at 100.00 €, they are quite an investment. To be fair, I can imagine them keeping a child's interest for several years, and for that reason, they'd make a great gift.
Available from many outlets including Little Fashion Gallery.
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02. 9.2010
Aminals - as if your kids drew their own toys
It's a simple concept, but a charming one: if kids drew their own soft toys, what would they look like? Well, kind of like the artfully mis-spelled Aminals, I guess.
Those shaky lines certainly give them some extra verve, and it's clear that the brief has allowed the makers freedom to do things they'd never dream of when it comes to your everyday product design - check out the whale's tongue, for example. Oops, sorry, I mean 'Wayul' - these creatures are also named as if by a kid new to spelling.
They're kind of sweet, and their extra large size makes them look beautifully huggable too.
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Tags: animals soft toys
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02. 3.2010
Muji and Lego - a great combination
You know, we always suspected those folk at Muji had special minds. I mean, I think I could look at pieces of Lego for a long time before I came up with the two-brand combination that is presently available on Muji's Japanese site. It's a whimsical and lovely coming together of the classic Lego block and Muji's origami products. You punch a few holes in the right places, and hey presto, those blocks take on a whole new lot of possibilities.
Impressive - and, dare I say, if you don't feel like ordering all the way from Japan, quite easy to replicate now that Muji have had the actual idea.
Via Design Milk.
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01.28.2010
Beatiful Rocking Horse by Recycle Studio
"Just beautiful," was the first thought that came to mind when I came across these rocking chairs by Etsy vendor Recycle Studio. Hand made of 1/2" furniture grade 7 ply apple core plywood while the materials last, these horse and giraffe chairs are a steal at $119 (plus $45 for shipping in the US).
A bonus? At least 90% of the materials used are salvaged (in this case, from a batch of daycare furniture made locally). A quality heirloom piece that your children could pass down to theirs. And at no additional cost, have your child's or your last name engraved in the seat back.
I'm thinking my boys could use one of these....
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01.25.2010
Cold Days Outside = Temporary Tattoo Fun Inside!
Seeing as we've passed an entire month of winter, I'm certain that the onset of cabin fever is just around the corner. It's the time when parents of toddlers and babies become desperate for entertainment beyond the usual - baking cookies, playdoh parties, giant train sets, vast amounts of television - and need to become slightly more creative.
Enter the "Hands Gone Wild" non-toxic temporary hand tattoos. With eight animals and eight monsters (tattoos, not kids), parents could keep a baby entertained for minutes, maybe even tens of minutes! Better yet, toddlers could keep parents entertained long enough for a solo potty break, dishwasher unloading or (gasp!) single sip from a still-hot cup of coffee!
Wishful thinking? Find out for yourself. Available here for $12 USD per set.
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Tags: entertainment hand puppets puppets tattoos
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01.25.2010
Extinct animals toys
Josh Finkle is a young designer in 3D materials who recently put together this series of wooden toys, each depicting a recently-extinct animal. The packaging is printed with further information about its inhabitant.
Finkle's website is worth a visit, if only for the fascinating photographs showing the process of designing these creatures in their simplified forms, and how those forms are hewed from small blocks of wood. Sadly, I guess they are just a project/prototype, since there is no further information - but this is certainly the sort of toy we at Babygadget would love to see on the market.
Via Drawn!.
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01.20.2010
Himalayan Yak letters
Wow - here's a new one for all us alphabet-lovers: custom initials knitted in Himalayan Yak wool. At almost 20cm high, they'd even function as an abstract cuddly toy for a wee one. Find them at Custard.
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