Among the many definitions for “play”, child development expert Jorn Martin Steenhold’s “explanation” that play is an activity undertaken for its own sake characterised largely by its processes rather than end goals inspired me to work on this topic. As part of my initial studies, I tried to understand the different aspects of childhood, child developmental stages, types and stages of play, evolution of toys, types of toys, etc. from secondary sources. During the user studies and interactions with children, parents and teachers, I understood their play preferences and the types of play materials and toys they interact with every day. Among these, the most recurrent behaviour among children was to ‘make’ and ‘break’ things. This led me to explore the segment of toys commonly referred to as toys for ‘constructive play’. Another aspect of my study was to explore the nature of ‘goal-orientated’ or ‘open-ended’ toys and arrive at an ‘object of play’ that can provide opportunities for both types of play.