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Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy

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Re: Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy

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Post by user24 »

rickdale wrote: post #37

Anyone know of something similar but with a pull string capability?

contact the person who runs the site, I'm sure they'll do their best. From what I've read here, it's just one person doing this because they enjoy doing it. You tend to get excellent customer service from those types of ventures.

Re: Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy

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Post by tlrobinson »

ck2 wrote: post #3

It's a fantastic idea - but I would point out what a child sees in their head vs their drawing capabilities are probably very different. Still, I guess they could recognize it as something they created and it might encourage them to keep being creative?

I agree, in particular the one with the stick arms/legs (http://www.childsown.com/frame/images/bigheadguy_04.jpg) and the Ferrari (http://www.childsown.com/frame/images/car_04.jpg).

But I like the idea.

Re: Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy

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Post by hopeless »

It's cute and it's cool but I'm not convinced.

My daughter's drawings things are her interpretation of real things but I'm not convinced she'd want a real interpretation of her artistic interpretation of a real thing. After all, her drawings are often down to her limited skills rather than an intentional artistic choice.

Re: Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy

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Post by shabble »

jberryman wrote: post #40

This reminds me of something the artisans working at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma did. http://www.museumofglass.org/ They got school kids to send in drawings of creatures and then these guys actually rendered them in colored glass in front of the kids. They had the pieces and the kids' drawings on display. Very cute and often hilarious.

I'm reminded of the Klein Bottles site: http://www.kleinbottle.com/

I could have sworn he did custom work, but I can't seem to see it listed on the site anywhere now. Still an awesome present for a mathematician though.

Re: Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy

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Post by kellishaver »

hopeless wrote: post #44

It's cute and it's cool but I'm not convinced. My daughter's drawings things are her interpretation of real things but I'm not convinced she'd want a real interpretation of her artistic interpretation of a real thing. After all, her drawings are often down to her limited skills rather than an intentional artistic choice.

I saw a similar site a while back that took a slightly different approach to making real-world items from kids drawings that probably works better in this regard - they turned them into jewelry for moms in the form of necklaces and pendants.

I don't think the site is around anymore, though. I believe it was just one person making them.

Re: Give this company a child's drawing and they'll make it into a stuffed toy

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Post by bmj »

hopeless wrote: post #44

It's cute and it's cool but I'm not convinced. My daughter's drawings things are her interpretation of real things but I'm not convinced she'd want a real interpretation of her artistic interpretation of a real thing. After all, her drawings are often down to her limited skills rather than an intentional artistic choice.

I suspect this varies from child to child. My older son would really dig this, as he often sketches something out then attempts to build it (whether it is with legos, blocks, wood, found items in the cellar, etc).
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