If your child loves art projects or loves to build things (ok, that pretty much describes all children), check out the Elia Mini Chair at CreativeKidStuff. Your child will have a blast "building" and decorating their very own chair. Maybe just maybe they will actually sit during dinner if you let them use their new chair! What a novel idea.
The creator of the Elia Mini Chair had this to say about his product, "The fact that cardboard is ubiquitous in consumer culture and is the most recycled of all consumer products makes it a great vehicle for helping kids understand issues about sustainability and the environment. I think corrugated cardboard is a really brilliant invention. It was developed as a less expensive and lighter alternative to wood and plywood as a packaging material at the end of the 19th century. It has enormous structural strength given its light weight and this, of course, is a result of the way it is made - layers of fluted liner (paper) sandwiched between flat liner. The flutes are like roman arches in that that they resist compression and transfer load efficiently. Cardboard also behaves like a structural column when it is edge-loaded. So the Elia Mini Chair is also a great way to teach young kids about basic engineering and geometric principles like the arch, the triangle, compression, tension, beams and columns. And hopefully children will come away with an understanding that good design is a marriage of art and engineering."
(From CreativeKidStuff.)
Ya, right... or maybe kids will just have fun building it and decorating it. I'd like to meet this guys' kids.
The creator of the Elia Mini Chair had this to say about his product, "The fact that cardboard is ubiquitous in consumer culture and is the most recycled of all consumer products makes it a great vehicle for helping kids understand issues about sustainability and the environment. I think corrugated cardboard is a really brilliant invention. It was developed as a less expensive and lighter alternative to wood and plywood as a packaging material at the end of the 19th century. It has enormous structural strength given its light weight and this, of course, is a result of the way it is made - layers of fluted liner (paper) sandwiched between flat liner. The flutes are like roman arches in that that they resist compression and transfer load efficiently. Cardboard also behaves like a structural column when it is edge-loaded. So the Elia Mini Chair is also a great way to teach young kids about basic engineering and geometric principles like the arch, the triangle, compression, tension, beams and columns. And hopefully children will come away with an understanding that good design is a marriage of art and engineering."
(From CreativeKidStuff.)
Ya, right... or maybe kids will just have fun building it and decorating it. I'd like to meet this guys' kids.
