Play Plate!

Physical Principle:  This teaches kids how to balance food groups at an early age, end it encourages healthy eating habits.

How to Play:  Play plate is an interactive game that allows children to assemble a plate of fake food and gives audio feedback based on their food choices.  Parents are also provided with recipes so they can make food for their children based on the plate they assembled.

Construction Cost: This would be a relatively cheap toy to construct, as it is mostly plastic with a sound input. I view this as being a $10-$20 toy. I would probably need injection molding to build this.

Durability: The plastic would need to be solid and durable, and the sound output is battery powered. This toy doesn't have small or fragile parts, so it should be pretty durable.

Safety: This toy should not have many safety concerns as long as it is made with safe plastic and large parts to prevent choking.

What did I learn?  I really wish I had been taught more how to balance my diet as a young kid, so I really like a toy concept with a health and wellness theme. I learned that sometimes its harder than you think to make an educational concept exciting. Play Plate teaches great things, but may not be exciting enough to keep kid's attention.