Whizz-kids from Kochi’s design institute crafted toys out of waste
Students prodigy flourish in the Fashion design students of St Teresa’s College, Kochi as they conjured up educational toys made out of reusable items for anganwadi children.
With professionals and startups in toy business are embracing circular economy and adopting the techniques of making eco-friendly, sustainable and safe toys from recycled, organic materials, the Apparel and Fashion Design Technology students of St Teresa’s College (Kochi), Kerala couldn’t feel prouder and enthusiastic to have donated the handcrafted educational toys made out of recycled materials to anganwadi children.
A total of 21 educational toys which make use of discarded clothes, building material, bags, and boxes were handed over to Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) authorities, to be given to an anganwadi in Mattancherry.
The Fashion Design curriculum of the college has a specific subject called Design Thinking which targets addressing a design/product-related to the issues faced by the society and finding solutions to mitigate them. It is associated with the outreach project of the College.
