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Message: <table width="402" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td width="1" bgcolor="#cccccc"> </td> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="380"><h1 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; color: #353535; font-weight: 200;">Custom made soft toys from children’s art</h1> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #353535; margin: 15px 0 0 0; Letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 170%;"><p>By <a href="http://www.enginegroup.co.uk/about_us/people/#alex_nisbett" title="Alex">Alex</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.childsown.com/index.html" title="Childsown.com">Childsown.com</a> is a stay at home Mum’s idea for creating children’s soft toys from their very own drawings. </p> <p> The service is beautifully simple: </p> <p> Child draws character <br /> Parent sends off drawing and $50 CAD <br /> Wait a few weeks <br /> Receive completed toy. </p> <p> All the toys are handmade in Canada and great attention is clearly paid to the detail and intent of the child’s original idea. Apparently 4-5 year olds’ drawings make the best toys, something about their imagaination and ability to articulate their ideas visually. </p> <p> Why do I find this interesting? It’s a great example of customisation using traditional offline skills, but which is enabled by simple online technologies. Children LOVE seeing their drawing turned into a soft, cuddly toy. They realise with great pride, “Hey, I made <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/childsown/" title="that">that</a>!" <br /> </p></div> <a style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ea3300; text-decoration: none;" href="http://engine.pmhclients.com/projects/pcs_page/custom_made_soft_toys_from_childrens_art">View article here</a> </td> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="1" bgcolor="#cccccc"> </td> </tr> </table>
By Alex
Childsown.com is a stay at home Mum’s idea for creating children’s soft toys from their very own drawings.
The service is beautifully simple:
Child draws character Parent sends off drawing and $50 CAD Wait a few weeks Receive completed toy.
All the toys are handmade in Canada and great attention is clearly paid to the detail and intent of the child’s original idea. Apparently 4-5 year olds’ drawings make the best toys, something about their imagaination and ability to articulate their ideas visually.
Why do I find this interesting? It’s a great example of customisation using traditional offline skills, but which is enabled by simple online technologies. Children LOVE seeing their drawing turned into a soft, cuddly toy. They realise with great pride, “Hey, I made that!"
