Toy Design

With the onset of the winter holidays children are truly interested in one thing and one thing only: toys. I thought this would be a perfect time/ season to introduce a new career in the arts- Toy Design. After talking about where toys come from, and pushing my students beyond the concept that all toys are made in the North Pole by elves and delivered by Santa, we were able to have some real fun. I explained that Toy Designers start their careers the way any artist does. They practice drawing, then they create their designs/ blueprints, and then they build their toys. We then practiced all those different elements ourselves. Students drew toys from observation- paying special attention to how the toy works, details, and any gears the toys may have. Here are some images of our observational drawings.