The best toy ever would be...

During the 8 month interactive toy lab last year, we conducted a drawing workshop with Mallya Aditi's prep class. Here we asked the kids to draw a toy they would like to have(the best toy!). We returned the drawings to the children but here's some of the toys they drew and explained to us:

1. Toy that gives me 3 wishes(Candy world, Characters come to life,Go to space
anytime).
2. My toy can make me whatever I want.
3. A cool car that shrink so small it can fit in my pocket.
4. A jersey that will make me win all the time.
5. When I play a game on my PS, it should come out and give me a prize.
6. A sword that can turn into a rocket and cut people.
7. Can slide into the TV and meet Mickey and Minnie.
8. TV can give me whatever I want.
9. I have a tree house which has a spell-whenever parents come there they have to listen to whatever I say.
10. A volcano that creates lava that I can touch.
11. A flying carpet-I like to fly.
12. A magic kite that goes wherever I ask it to go.
13. Magical dressing table- when I press a button the fairy/wand comes and dresses me up and takes me wherever I go.
14. A toy that makes wands-the wand turns all people who use bad words into a frog.

the story game

During a workshop with the prep kids at Mallya Aditi School, we played a little game with them. It was a game where we made chits with a sentence or a word on it, and the children would continue the story from there. And as they shouted different things, i put them all down as options. Some answers were really unexpected. It was an interesting experiment:)

1.There was once a boy and a girl. The boy’s name was Tom. He was 13 yrs old. He lived in the woods because__________
-he had a tree house

2.House was made of__________
-metal and bricks
-made a house out of wood and tied it on the tree
-can draw water from the well without coming down

3.What’s in his house?
-kitchen
-dog
-cat
-wood

4.He could make 3 wishes__________
-he wants a PSP
-He wanted a watch
-He wanted a new pillow

5.And then suddenly!__________
-he was chased by a fox,elephant

6.How did he escape?
-ran to a stranger
-took a ladder and climbed up the house

7.There came a monster. The name of the monster was__________
-Max

8.The moster was sad because__________
-he had big feet
-nobody was his friend
-lost his PSP

9.Then came a Magical animal__________
-dragon

10.What magical powers did the dragon have?
-it could fly
-throw smoke
-fire
-hop on one leg

11.The boy took out a weapon__________
-sword
-Whats a weapon

12.The little girl was really happy. When she drank the magic potion__________
-she had special powers to fight
-to run fast
-to cook fast
-after few days wont it get over?
-she could break a spoon
-change her body colors
-a dress that can change colors
-She could change into different monsters

13.They also had a pet. The name of the pet was__________
-Jack
-Ben 10
-Spike

14.Spike could__________
-fly
-make ribbons
-dig very fast
-if he digs fast, he can find a golden bone
-could disguise himself as a creature
-go on a magic escalator(like tom going to heaven on magic escalator in Tom & Jerry)

15.They wanted to save__________
-their lives
-mother and father
-animals that were in the woods

16.And then suddenly__________
-tiger and rhino came
-a spikey Leapord came
-wild animals came around the treehouse and tried to bite it

17.Even the witch came and planned to__________
-Destroy them
-put them in jail
-eat them decided to be their mother
-pretended she was good

18.And in the end__________
-witch ate them up
-witch became an eagle
-boy and girl sat in the car and went to the zoo
-boy and girl pushed the witch down and and the animals ate her
-parrot carried the witch and flew away
-and then full stop

Super creature-man

I want to conduct a workshop with about 8 kids(5-7 yrs). I will be giving them each a creature sewn by me along with other material and ask them to create a creature with a superpower. They will then explain it. During this they can use other creatures or dolls provided to explain better. With this activity, i'm allowing a different kind of interaction with the doll by giving the children a choice of the tools/material they can use to play with the doll unlike a Barbie doll that comes with clothes and shoes or GIjoes that come with guns and planes. This will help me understand their choices,interaction and give me an insight into their imagination.
First i made some creatures. I made 8 creatures with fabric i bought from RC Puram. I drew shapes on cardboard, traced and cutout the patterns from fabric, stitched them and filled them with sand:

















































































































I bought some materials for children to use during the workshop:

Hullo sewing machine

I bought a new sewing machine:)
I usually hand sew everything but im hoping this will save me a a lot of time!I spent a couple of days just getting used to the machine.Its a Singer 8280. Its great.

Candy for Andy

Lately, I have been getting mad for no reason. And this mood is carried onto the dining table. A few days later, something amazing happened. My mom said, "when you are at the table i want you to pretend like u have a spoonful of sugar in your mouth!and take enough for it to last you as long as you're at the table!"I was so surprised when she said that and then i reminded her about my comic book 'Candy for Andy':)

During a pictorial storytelling course, 2 years back, i created a comic book named 'Andy for Candy'. Its a three spread comic book. The story revolves around Andy the
protagonist, a mean 7 yr old girl who has a fetish for candy and turns sweet when she gets a taste of candy, but only until it lasts in her mouth.


































































My favourite frame from the comic:)