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January 17, 2012 - 12:30 pm
I really like this simple solution for turning Mason Jars into travel mugs. I like to reuse jars for all kinds of things, but when you want to take your drink on the go, the large mouth can get splashy. If your kids are a bit older too – meaning they have graduated from the “I will throw cups across the room for fun” stage – this is could be a sippy cup solution as well.
What a simple and brilliant idea. I hope they sell millions of them.
You can buy them on the Cuppow site.
June 15, 2011 - 11:34 am
A couple of years ago, I was building stuff from paper towel and toilet paper tubes with my two kids, then 3 and 4. We assembled a bunch of random sculptures using tape, scissors, and lots of glue, then I had a light-bulb moment, “If only there was a way to easily connect these things.”
So playtime turned into a product brainstorming session with my kids, then 2 and 4. Over the following weeks, I couldn’t stop thinking about tubes. Everywhere I looked, I saw cardboard tubes that needed to be connected. I regularly pulled them out of “recycling” bins and trash cans with a view to giving them a new life as a cool new sculpture. At first, I thought an eco-friendly set of connectors would work. But tubes are tricky: they come in different diameters and thicknesses and injection molds aren’t inexpensive.
Continued…
March 16, 2011 - 9:55 am
I love this idea. Our all time favorite toy is a simple cardboard box. And this is a really ingenious way to make cars, trolley’s, houses on wheels with your cardboard boxes.
Of course, kids are going to want to get inside it and wheel each other around, but that’s just not going to work, is it? (via Gizmodo)
Rolobox Puts Toy Wheels On Cardboard Boxes | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.
February 8, 2011 - 9:03 pm
Designer Katherine Belsey has created this two story, eight room, totally foldable toy house – complete with a variety of papercraft furnishings. She offers several different ways to buy the templates for the rooms – from single rooms “a la carte” to an entire book with the complete plans for her foldable house. She also has free pop-up card templates on her site in case the two story house seems ambitious.
So, instead of buying another plastic barbie dream house, this is an easy way to make and customize one with your kid.
Printed house
- 7:00 am
Came across this very cool cardboard playhouse made by architecture firm Super Colossal based in Sydney.
This colossal cardboard play palace, isn’t built to last forever. You’ll want to recycle it after the first rain.
Still, what a fun piece of cardboard design.
Super Colossal.
November 2, 2010 - 4:20 pm
I have been hearing about this design from a friend of mine for a while, who is involved with it in some way. The inventor/CEO is a very smart guy named Jason Foster who realized that most of our household liquid cleaners are made mostly of water. His revolutionary packaging reduces shipment costs and container waste by extending the life of the spray bottle. He took it all a step further and made it totally recyclable by removing the metal spring from the spray mechanism.
Love the design as well. Congrats Jason!
Replenish – Rethink the Bottle.
September 15, 2010 - 10:26 pm
Some kids need that extra bit of privacy when learning to go all on their own. I say, “Hey, whatever it takes.” Stickers, stars, bribery – anything to get them out of diapers. And, if it helps, I’d even consider buying my child their very own private cardboard outhouse for encouragement.
Found this, like so many other great things via minor details
MA CACABANE by Pirouette Cacahouète Creator – Made in France – Recyclable > Home.
July 23, 2010 - 8:57 pm
This d.e.Sellers lasercut flatpack desk is a brilliant and inexpensive solution for furnishing a schoolroom. Actually, if they have an adult size, I’d probably use it as well. And it looks pretty easy to assemble as well.
via (Minor Details)
d e SELLERS » eDesk.
February 7, 2010 - 6:05 pm
For now, just a concept, but what a great way to harness your kid’s energy while they play. Rocco the Energy Pal is an entry in the Greener Gadgets design competition. Rocco teaches children about energy generation and conservation by converting kinetic energy created through rocking into electricity. The removable handles are a flashlight or a nightlight to stay up extra late – except, with all that rocking, they won’t be able to. Rocco 2.0 should include an iPod/phone charging adaptor under the mane.
They have a lot of votes, but need more to get to the top. You can see some other cool entries and vote for Rocco here.
August 12, 2009 - 2:19 pm
Recycled cardboard chair and art storage unit. So far, only available in the UK from what we can tell.
Posted via web from Chad
