The team interviewed groups of children who got to try out prototypes and provide their points of view. What were their favorite colors? What did they think of the paper? “The children had very strong and sensible opinions. We also realized how they use drawing and painting gear. For example, if you’re four years old and in the middle of making a drawing, you don’t always think of putting the cap back on the felt pen. So, these pens will last up to three days without caps.” To ensure high quality at the right price, the development work was allowed to take extra time. “What children do and how they do it is super important. That’s why we considered all their feedback and made sure the products met their needs.”
MÅLA
704.953.52A perfect gift for the little architect. With these cardboard templates, your child can fold and build a small town in no time – and color it in their favorite colors.
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With these cardboard templates, your child can fold, paint and build a small town with houses, a train station, a school, an ice-cream shop, and trees.
Creating and being creative makes you calm and focused, and is extra nice after a day of school and activities.
Working with their hands improves your child's ability to learn, and sharpens their fine motor skills.
An ideal gift for children who love to do arts and crafts.
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S Edholm/L Ullenius
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easy to assemble. my grandNormaeasy to assemble. my grand daughter had fun especially when she assembled the structures with different designs and colored them using the mala pens. she's so amused when she finally created a small community made of colorful cardboard structures. it brings out the creative side of her by combining different colors using the mala pens and in fairness the colors are vibrant and long lasting. This kind of activity is good for children to enchance their creativity and to ease boredom and most of all to minimize the use of gadget.
My niece loved this soMaMy niece loved this so much. It is easy to use and the drawings were easy to color :)
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For all creative little explorers
Drawings all over the kitchen table and colored felt pens without caps. Does it sound familiar? This is definitely part of living with children, and actually something to be happy about. Painting, drawing, and crafting are in fact not just fun, but important work, and a way for your child to develop. When we created the MÅLA series, we wanted to take children’s creation very seriously and listened to the true experts: the children themselves.
We always start with the child’s perspective to understand what they really need. In this project, we found facts and inspiration in pedagogy focusing on creativity. “We realized that creativity isn’t just any play for children, they’re little researchers who use creation to understand the world around them,” says Ina Tidbeck Sjöblom who was part of creating the MÅLA series.
Made for busy artists
Easy to get started
The MÅLA series has been around for a long time, but it keeps growing and evolving as we see new needs and get new ideas. All parts should be easy to grab and use whenever inspiration strikes. “The child shouldn’t need a parent nearby to start drawing or painting. Being able to do things on your own is an important part of development. You grow with the task.”
Quality/durability
Creative geniuses come in small sizes!
Paint! Draw! Shape! The MÅLA series has everything a child needs to unleash their imagination and creativity – and store drawings. There’s an easel, colorful modelling dough, grip-friendly brushes and scissors that suit tiny hands and paints that are easy to mix and wash off. No nagging your child to put caps back on the felt-tip pens – they survive 3 days without caps.