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Laura Coleman

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Toy Concept #2

Magnetic Board with Magnetic pieces

This toy is a magnetic board with 3D cubes that are magnets themselves. The purpose of this toy is to be able to stack, and design pictures while using the magnets. The magnets can be stacked on each other and on top of the board, so this requires a magnet inside each individual block.

The toy is mainly used to stimulate creativity while essentially "drawing" with a different median than crayons and markers.
The toy allows children (5 and older) to use their creativity while learning about simple magnetic properties, such as magnetism and the north and south poles of magnets. This will be demonstrated as a child attempts to put two north poles of a magnet together, they will visually see the repelling that occurs.
The toy is relatively safe for children that are responsible enough to not chew on or swallow the smaller cube magnets that come with the magnetic board. The durablilty will last because of the indestructable material that will be used to build the magnetic cubes, however the magnetic board will be more susceptible to breaking or cracking depending on the abuse it takes from the user. The cost should not be over $20 at retail value.