Switcheroo
For her birthday, my daughter received a box of Bendaroos, these flexible wax-covered sticks that you can easily bend and twist into imaginative shapes.
Strangely, if you read the reviews of this toy at Amazon, opinions are almost evenly split between "Bendaroos are awesome, we loved them!" and "This is the toy from hell."
I don't get the hate, because these little sticks have been wonderful for my daughter, allowing her to stretch her creative wings in all sorts of different ways.
She started out making little animals, twisting layer upon layer of multi-colored sticks into lion and elephant shapes. Then she began making necklaces and eyeglass frames, before realizing she could wrap actual objects with them.
Finally, she decorated every light switch in the house with her own unique designs. That was over a month ago, and the Bendaroos are still on display for us each time we flick a light on or off.
Here's some of her handiwork:
Strangely, if you read the reviews of this toy at Amazon, opinions are almost evenly split between "Bendaroos are awesome, we loved them!" and "This is the toy from hell."
I don't get the hate, because these little sticks have been wonderful for my daughter, allowing her to stretch her creative wings in all sorts of different ways.
She started out making little animals, twisting layer upon layer of multi-colored sticks into lion and elephant shapes. Then she began making necklaces and eyeglass frames, before realizing she could wrap actual objects with them.
Finally, she decorated every light switch in the house with her own unique designs. That was over a month ago, and the Bendaroos are still on display for us each time we flick a light on or off.
Here's some of her handiwork:
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5 Comments:
My oldest daughter played with these and they where called Wikki Sticks. Years ago we were in Wisconsin at the Kohler Center for the Arts and they had piles of them for an interactive exhibit. They had a big wall painted with a glossy finish paint, and a table full of Wikki Sticks. People had been working on it for months, it was so cool!
Those are some pretty funky light switches.
Ours just have grime on them.
MMMMmmmm letting you child play around plug sockets aye LOL
are they the new fangled toys to replace pipecleaners>
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I love some of your daughter's designs, especially the flowers.
I gt the "hate" after my 2 year old got a hold of them and somehow managed to get dirt stuck to every single one, even though she stayed inside and our house is spotless (of course)!
I think it depends on the age. A couple years ago, my kids were sticking them in their mouths and trying to pull the wax off with their teeth. YUCK!
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