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Kids 3D-Print the Darndest Things

Friday, January 4, 2013 18:40

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Filed under awwww, Crayon Creatures has Elmer glued 3D Printing and the drawings of your young ones, allowing you to figure it out and say “ooooh, it’s a Giraffe.”. But there is a challenge – how does one stick it to the fridge? No need – I think this is a great way to make a toy the kid could and play with. How many children have purple Giraffes? NADA. That’s who.

A+ Good Effort, Little Jimmy – Ms. Slater

Crayon Creatures is picking up one of 3D Printing’s bigger advantages – customization of a product to suit your specific memories. Like blankets with your wife’s photo, or coffee cup with ‘Rover – R.I.P.’. Like most people, every single random scribbling will be preserved forever by Mom or Dad. This new service certainly adds definition to … whatever the heck it is … but more importantly, it adds an extra dimension to your childhood.

Behold, it’s a Hamster on a Speedboat

So this is how it works. You send Crayon Creatures a scan of your child’s masterpiece. They then inflate and contour the double sided image (you do not have to force your child to make two sides – imagine trying to explain why). The finished model is sent to a ZCorp 3D Printer, printed, packaged, shipped and opened up by your child, who has completely forgotten drawing it, has zero interest and WHOOPS. Dropped and broken it anyways.

These memories can be had for 99€ + 15€ ($150), which can be brought out at appropriate times to be shown at family dinners when the new girlfriend is brought over when your Mom talks about how cute you were when you were 3 years old.