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

基於蚊帳的DIY故事盒有助於家庭關係維係

mosquito NET的DIY故事套件幫助家庭connect

DIY故事盒設計帶來的家庭一起在蚊帳

圖像畫廊在睡前（19幅）
為了使父母和孩子生活在貧窮的社區更緊密地聯係在一起，supaksirin wongsilp設計玩具促進一個時代和地方的家人一定會走到一起–睡前蚊帳內。她的DIY故事盒讓父母講述故事為他們組裝故事人物連同他們的孩子掛在網。與其被動地等待入睡，父母和孩子在一起的時間有點玩不打破他們的慣例。

當wongsilp，工業設計研究生從技術，Mongkut國王大學泰國，尋找啓發她在最後一年的項目中，四處走動，思考如何改善生活中的情況。她意識到，任何解決方案都必須無縫地融入他們的生活方式。”大多數父母都工作，所以他們有時間陪孩子睡覺前的時間，說：”wongsilp。”我發現在一個貧民窟裏的每座房子裏都有蚊帳。我意識到這將是完美的産品，以增加我的設計，“< /磷>”後，大約一年的研究和設計，她打上的想法創造玩具為基礎的故事包，可以組裝和掛在蚊帳。製作完全的低成本材料，每一個工具包是基於一個流行的故事，在詳細說明的頂部的框。本文人物故事裏麵可以裁剪、組裝、著色和緊張由於伴隨的指示，蠟筆和字符串。最終的結果類似於一個大的移動雕塑的組裝蚊帳內隨著時間的推移，父母講述的故事。

DIY性質的玩具提供有意義的時刻，家長和孩子們興奮的建築特點，根據wongsilp。來自泰國的一個民間故事叫雞家族的明星是她的第一個故事盒主體和她工作的150多人通過改變程序，支持舉措的闆浦冠軍。

wongslip最近推出的Tor的樂趣品牌的目的是銷售高端版本的包上一二個概念–每兩包出售，一個是給一個弱勢家庭。從曼穀的蘇艾pracha-u-thit貧民窟，wongsilp計劃放棄的工具包，一些社區，一旦她找到足夠的支持。

“它隻是一個玩具，“wongsilp告訴Gizmag。”但我真的希望這個玩具可以解決一個家庭造成更大的問題在未來的社會中一個小問題。”

DIY故事盒是顯示在下麵的視頻。