Toys are an essential part of a child’s overall development. They are fun entertainment tools that engage them and help them develop fine motor skills, build communication, think creatively, build imagination and definitely have a fun time playing. Play is one of the areas where children develop creativity.

The project is about sustainable and eco-friendly toy design for pre-school kids, aged 3 to 6 years for kindergarten (Pre-school). Various ideas were explored and executed in Bamboo material. Mock-ups helped in understanding the design details and thereby evolving the design.

The aim of the project is to provide engaging entertainment to kids while developing motor skills and creative thinking through eco-friendly toys for pre-schools. Therefore, it was important to understand school system, toys used by them and interaction of kids with the toys. For this, a field visit to IIT-B KG school was conducted to observe the kids play and interact with toy. Conversations with teachers also helped to understand the requirement.

Further design process was followed to finalize the toy design. The final prototype will be majorly executed in bamboo with a combination of wood and stainless steel at few places.

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