The Fate of a Mother Who Makes Handmade Educational Toys

This is the kind of thing I wanted to make.
Educational toys.
The kind babies play with, completely absorbed. Lovely♥

I'll make one too.
I've got the time, after all!

Can I manage with things I have at home...

──Found it.

The princess dresses
my daughters used to wear.

Snip the ribbon.
Snip the tulle.
Oh, the elastic is attached. Lucky!
Rip.

Now I just need a box...

Ah!

I found the box from the shaver that arrived for Pana-o.

Alright.

This will work.

Now I just have to stick it all together
and turn it into the ultimate 'play-trap'.

Finished.

It's not just any bird;
a chicken burdened with all of early childhood education is complete.

The eyes can be pulled. They shed tears.
They stretch out! Finger development!

It has a tongue, too.
Red and long. It comes out. It goes back in.
It comes out again and again. A mysterious experience!

(Inspired by the 'baby-favorite retractable ribbon' idea)

The wings make a crinkling sound.
It makes a sound when touched. Sensory development.

It also has a mouth.
You can feed it sponges.
Playing house!

Considering safety,
it's firmly secured with elastic.

A mysterious ring.
It makes a sound when pulled.

The comb.
Leftover sponge.
The prickly texture is addictive.

Production time: 2 hours.

Now, go play!!!

Momo!!!

I think you know the result.

For a moment, I saw it.

I definitely saw it.

But after that,

the gaze drifted away.

Where it headed was,

the drawstring on Daddy's hoodie.

Grabbing it.

Sucking on it.

Pulling it.

Smiling ear to ear🥰🥰

Momo-chan♡?
I have all of this right here?

The stretchy stuff,
the crinkly stuff,
the pretend play stuff,
and the sounds.

What is that over there?

It's just a string.

A total defeat.

...By the way, the back looks like this.

Tape.
Tape.
And more tape.

Dreams, ingenuity, and safety considerations are,
mostlyheld together by duct tape.

I left the beauty? to the front.

As for the back,
it's fine if no one knows.
(I didn't intend to show it to anyone, but I'm making it public)

……It's okay.

Because I had fun.

This is an educational toy.

It has a function. It has meaning.
I thought it through properly when I made it.

So I won't let anyone say it.
That I cut up a princess dress
and created nothing but a monster.

This is,

a chicken that got its shape a little wrong as a result of packing all my love into it. (But it can't beat a piece of string)

Inokyu-sama actually!!
wrote a song for the chicken (it doesn't have a name yet)!
With an unexpected song debut, this little one's potential is infinite (lol)

I was also able to sneakily
get it featured in Kenbi-san's article.
Thank you very much🙇♥