Lakshmi SandhanaJuly 19, 2013Mosquito net-based DIY Storytelling Kits help families connect

The DIY storytelling kit is designed to bring families together at bedtime under the mosquito net

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In an effort to bring parents and children living in poor communities closer together, Supaksirin Wongsilp has designed a toy that promotes interaction at one of the times and places families are sure to come together – bedtime inside the mosquito net. Her DIY Storytelling Kit lets parents narrate a story as they assemble story characters along with their children to hang inside the net. Instead of passively waiting to fall asleep, parents and kids get a little play time together that doesn't break up their routine.

When Wongsilp, an Industrial Design Graduate from King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thailand, was searching for inspiration for her final year project, she walked around slum areas thinking about ways to improve the situation for those living there. She realized that any solution had to seamlessly fit into their lifestyle. "Most of the time parents have to work so they only have time to spend with their kids before going to bed," says Wongsilp. "I found out that the mosquito net is used in every house in a slum. I realized that it would be the perfect product to add my design to."

After spending roughly a year on research and design, she hit upon the idea of creating toy-based story kits that could be assembled and hung inside a mosquito net. Made entirely of low cost materials, each kit is based around a popular story that's explained in detail on the top of the box. The paper story characters inside can be cut out, assembled, colored and strung up thanks to the accompanying instructions, crayons and strings. The end result resembles a large mobile sculpture that's assembled inside the mosquito net over time as parents narrate the story.

The DIY nature of the toy provides meaningful moments in which both kids and parents get excited about building characters together, according to Wongsilp. A folktale from Thailand called Chicken Family Stars is the subject of her first storytelling kit and she's working on 150 more of them through the BANPU Champions for Change program that supports fledgling initiatives.

Wongslip's recently-launched Tor-Fun brand aims to sell high-end versions of the kits commercially with a two for one concept – for every two kits sold, one is given away to a disadvantaged family. Starting with the Sue-Yai Pracha-u-thit slum in Bangkok, Wongsilp plans to give away the kits to a number of communities, once she finds enough support.

"It is just a toy," Wongsilp told Gizmag. "But what I really hope is that this toy can solve a little problem in a family which causes the bigger problems in society in the future."

The DIY Storytelling Kit is demonstrated in the following video.

Source: DIY Storytelling Kit

基于蚊帐的DIY故事盒有助于家庭关系维系

mosquito NET的DIY故事套件帮助家庭connect

DIY故事盒设计带来的家庭一起在蚊帐

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为了使父母和孩子生活在贫穷的社区更紧密地联系在一起，supaksirin wongsilp设计玩具促进一个时代和地方的家人一定会走到一起–睡前蚊帐内。她的DIY故事盒让父母讲述故事为他们组装故事人物连同他们的孩子挂在网。与其被动地等待入睡，父母和孩子在一起的时间有点玩不打破他们的惯例。

当wongsilp，工业设计研究生从技术，Mongkut国王大学泰国，寻找启发她在最后一年的项目中，四处走动，思考如何改善生活中的情况。她意识到，任何解决方案都必须无缝地融入他们的生活方式。”大多数父母都工作，所以他们有时间陪孩子睡觉前的时间，说：”wongsilp。”我发现在一个贫民窟里的每座房子里都有蚊帐。我意识到这将是完美的产品，以增加我的设计，“< /磷>”后，大约一年的研究和设计，她打上的想法创造玩具为基础的故事包，可以组装和挂在蚊帐。制作完全的低成本材料，每一个工具包是基于一个流行的故事，在详细说明的顶部的框。本文人物故事里面可以裁剪、组装、着色和紧张由于伴随的指示，蜡笔和字符串。最终的结果类似于一个大的移动雕塑的组装蚊帐内随着时间的推移，父母讲述的故事。

DIY性质的玩具提供有意义的时刻，家长和孩子们兴奋的建筑特点，根据wongsilp。来自泰国的一个民间故事叫鸡家族的明星是她的第一个故事盒主体和她工作的150多人通过改变程序，支持举措的板浦冠军。

wongslip最近推出的Tor的乐趣品牌的目的是销售高端版本的包上一二个概念–每两包出售，一个是给一个弱势家庭。从曼谷的苏艾pracha-u-thit贫民窟，wongsilp计划放弃的工具包，一些社区，一旦她找到足够的支持。

“它只是一个玩具，“wongsilp告诉Gizmag。”但我真的希望这个玩具可以解决一个家庭造成更大的问题在未来的社会中一个小问题。”

DIY故事盒是显示在下面的视频。