Showing posts with label toys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toys. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
Source of inspiration 20 (click on this title!): Gift box
The first picture shows two adorable children playing in a cardboard box. They seem happy and to be having fun. Maybe the box contained a gift for them?
A gift is a present that you offer in order to make your friends happy. But, often, when you offer a present to a child, although it is probably very nice, the child is more interested in the box than the toy!
Why do children sometimes prefer to play with the cardboard box rather than the gift itself?
A child can play with a toy but after a time he gets bored with it. But, with a bit of imagination and a simple box, a child can became what he wants to be. The box can become a plane and the child the pilot of this wonderful imaginary machine . A box can also become a super fast train, or a very good hiding place. With a banale box and a creative spirit, children can realize their most wonderful dreams!
By Camille Martinez (with a little help from Damien, thanks Damien!)
Source of inspiration 19 (click on this title!): Jack-in-the-Box
This toy is a Jack-in-the-Box. No one knows who made the first Jack-in-the-Box, but historiens think that they have existed since the Middle-Ages. One of the first known was a present by a German clock maker to the son of a local Prince. This kind of toy became more and more popular from the 17th century on.
I think the fascinating thing about the Jack-in-the-Box is that you are always surprised each time you open it!
One time, I saw, in a kindergarten, a little girl ask: "Why he is always there? Why is he always popping out? Why does he not stay in his house!?" She was not happy with the explanation given by the kindergarten teacher. The whole day she opened the box and she was always very surprised that Jack kept saying "hello!" to her again and again...
She played with a really beautiful Jack-in-the-Box, but there are also very ugly Jacks who look like devils, nasty clowns or who have twisted faces. I do not know if these ugly versions are the best for children. They make them scared.
When I was a little girl I did not like to play with a Jack-in-the-Box. I was always so frightened, even if I opened it for the 100th time... I also did not want to close the box, because I thought that Jack might be scared in the darkness in his small box.
Article by Annika Nischik
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