A Little Land

As a single child, and the only grandson in both my and Shankar's side of the family, Samhith gets all sorts of toys to play with. Being the finicky kind of mom I am, I keep searching for 'something different'. The only toys both Samhith and I have agreed to like are his Thomas the Tank Engine train track sets and all the building blocks we have collected over the years... Of course, for Samhith, his favourites remain the 200 odd plastic animals we have been accumulating since he was born!

My search for toys has, however, not stopped yet, and I was thrilled to see this interesting set developed by a budding toy designer, Nalisha. She is a Visual Communication student and is part of an interactive toy design Lab at Srishti school of design, Bangalore. She writes a blog named 'Little Land' at http://averylittleland.blogspot.com/

Her blog is named after the set of toys designed by her - 'Little Land', and it offers ample scope for kids to showcase their creativity....

Here is what the toy looks like....

This is the base....

and here are the pieces which fit on it.... There are all sorts of shapes based on the set...

These pieces themselves offer a lot of scope for play... you can dress them up like this....

you can choose a set like this.....

or like this....

Here is the base in the form of a box... which you can use to store the pieces...

And here is the creator with the set as part of an exhibition....

Interesting, wouldn't you say? Now, I wish this set would come in the market soon, so that I could get hold of one for Samhith!