Over 2000 Km by road, in around 10 days. Stunning landscapes, wonderful people. That sums up our Ladakh trip. But how did it actually work? How did we make it happen? Read on to find out! Leh, the capital of Ladakh , is accessible by air and road. Flying into Leh is the easiest, and time-saving option, while the road is the time consuming one, but with the added advantage of driving past some of the most beautiful landscapes in our country. Each option has much to recommend it, and we chose the road for just one reason – altitude sickness. Altitude sickness was one of my biggest concerns, since I suffer from motion-sickness. Yes, I do travel a lot, but that is despite my condition, and, over the years, have learnt how to handle it. I struggled with it when we visited Nathu-La in Sikkim, and wondered if I would be able to manage a week at the even higher altitudes that we would encounter in Ladakh. This was the reason we stuck to a basic plan, of only 9 days in Ladakh, thoug...
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.....
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!
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!
interesting..as a kid and even now, my favourite toys are the little rubber and plastic animals we used to get with binaca..what great branding it used to be..shd do a post on it sometimes
ReplyDeleteIf I gave this to Chhavi she will promptly start chewing at the pieces.
ReplyDeleteIf I gave this to Chhavi she will promptly start chewing at the pieces.
ReplyDeletenice nice :)
ReplyDelete@Lakshmi: there's nothing to compare with those small things we get free... and the fun is in not knowing what exactly we will get!
ReplyDelete@Mridula: i guess she will, but just for a while.... once she gets over it, I am sure she will come up with interesting things... Samhith did the same...
@Aarti: i thought u would like it, being a designer yourself!
Good creativity!!!
ReplyDeleteThe set looks interesting..Liked the box underneath to store them too. Very neat idea.
ReplyDelete@Chitra: yes, it is... which is why i decided to post this...
ReplyDelete@Jayasree: absolutely!!!
My children have outgrown these, but never the less a great posy and a great link given. Love the shots.
ReplyDeleteVery creative, I can see lots of European kids playing with little land too! Many thanks for posting. All the Best from Rome, Italy.
ReplyDeleteWow that was a very interesting toy, You are so creative.
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Thanks! Hope the creator reads this too!
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