NEW CARS, RECYCLED MATERIALS
In Cape Maclear this weekend, I came across three boys making their own toys. The cars were made out of milk boxes, jar lids, and dried reeds.
Last week, I talked with a specialist in early childhood development. She said that in the villages, boys make their own cars such as these, while girls pretend that corn cobs and bottles are dolls. Unfortunately, the cobs don’t last very long, and the bottles can be sold to recyclers, making them too valuable to be used as toys. (To me, these improvised dolls are much more heartbreaking than the cars, which are simple but also kind of cool. Maybe that’s just a personal bias, and I have yet to see the dolls, since they’re mostly kept indoors.) Children will also sometimes use scrap bricks as building blocks.
Before fingerboards got all fancy, we would make them with pencil erasers for wheels and the straight pieces of paperclips for trucks….reminds me of their axle, wheel setup.
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[...] toy car made from an old milk carton [...]
[...] toy car made from an old milk carton [...]
[...] toy car made from an old milk carton [...]
[...] toy car made from an old milk carton [...]
[...] The picture is Cape Maclear, where necessity is the mother of invention and kids to make their own toys from what they can get their hands on. The boys make cars out of milk boxes, jar lids and dried reeds. The girls pretend that corn cobs and bottles are dolls. Kids need to play, and they are naturally creative and crafty. Wherever you find kids, you will find some sort of toy. [...]
[...] toy car made from an old milk carton [...]
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