Child’s Own Studio run by Vancouver resident Wendy Tsao is a one stop shop for making a child's imagination a reality.
The studio lovingly creates soft toys based on children’s drawings that their parents send in - which are startlingly accurate and recognisable.
The project started with a simple premise: to make a recognizable comfort toy for a 4 year-old boy based on his drawing. That one toy became the tipping point as one toy became one hundred toys and the studio became a phenomenon - with so many orders that they cannot create bespoke toys fast enough!
Each toy is handcrafted and the detail, colour and materials used reproduces an eye-poppingly accurate rendition of the child's imagination.
As Wendy herself puts it:
"The child’s drawing, a wonderful expression of childhood, is the starting point of the collaborative project. Details and colour choices are reproduced as closely as possible so that the stuffed toy that arrives in the mail is immediately recognizable to the child who designed it. It’s a fun, rewarding process, and kids love seeing their drawings come alive."
All images via Childs Own.
We love this - and the entire project has revived our childhood imagination to the point that we are thinking about digging out any old pictures that the editorial team may have, and seeing if we can get them made!
What would you have made if you could?
For more info - go to the studio website here.
