Toy Design
In Toy Design, girls think widely and creatively in considering play, toys and design. They create and package their own toys using lots of accessible materials. We have an abundance of colorful materials on hand, and girls have a chance to try everything.
Lessons in design are emphasized through specific projects like ‘toy-for-a-friend’ (designing for an audience), miniatures (designing in scale) and boxed toy sets (package design). In some projects, we narrow the focus to a specific material or technique. Girls explore the effects of concentrated color choices, textures, and simple construction methods. For other projects, the subject is concrete (like a dollhouse or costume accessory), but the design is open-ended. Girls dive into the supplies to put together fabulous creations that defy the imagination.
Favorite projects include shoebox dollhouses (pictured below), colorful building boxes, miniature environments, costuming, kaleidoscopes, puzzle boxes, mobiles, and lots more.
This is arts-and-crafts taken a couple steps further, with a functional, play-oriented twist.
