Bilibo

What THEY Say...

Bilibo is a new kind of toy - the elementary shells leave room for the child's imagination. Instead of imposing a specific play pattern, Bilibo is open for a wide range of interpretations and encourages the children to invent their own games, to play and have fun in an active and creative way. Indoors and out, in the sand pit, at the water or even in the snow - Bilibo is full of surprises...

Unlike many current toy products, Bilibo does not use flashy electronics, which often merely entertain the children on a superficial level. Relying on the child's imagination and passion for playing, an object was designed with no specific function or single way to be used. Bilibo encourages the children to become inventors themselves, to become active and creative instead of simply consuming ready-made ideas.

Bilibo is designed for children of different ages. While sitting comfortably in the shells, arms and legs remain outside touching ground and thus helping control the movement and keeping the balance. The egg-like shape provides for great stability and the shells easily carry even the weight of an adult and are virtually unbreakable.

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Bilibo

What WE Say...

Well. The Bilibo. 'Tis an odd thing. A shiny, plastic saucer bucket. Kind of. Thing.

Whats it for? Well - pretty much whatever your child needs, actually.

So far I have noticed that it can be;

A carry vessel for cars and soldiers and dinosaurs,

A super-fast ramp for cars,

A spinny seat on shiny floors,

A TV-watching seat,

A tortoise shell,

A step to reach high shelves,

A helmet to make you an alien,

A stand-in-and-balance-whilst-your-brothers-push-you game,

A floating bath island,

A roll-around for small balls,

A drum,

A shelter for dinosaurs hiding from the tanks (yes, we have very special dinosaurs who co-inhabit contemporary earth alongside modern soldiers...?!!),

A treasure island with caves for the Playmobil pirates,

A cooking pot,

A bug-collecting pot,

A teddy bear's bed,

Oh, the list is endless...

They are quite large (over a foot in diameter) and, of course they're utterly rigid so there's no packing them away into small spaces.

I must also warn you that if you leave them out on the floor I can guarantee that at any time at least one of your children will have one foot in it, shooshing across the floor or standing in it swaying wildly, giggling, whilst you try to talk to them.

It also drives Mr Laura mad, to be honest.

But it's not for him and the children - all four of them, from Ella at 9 months right up to Cameron at 9 years, adore it.

And that's the important thing, yes?

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