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Those flatpack ninjas help your young entrepeneur set up their sidewalk startup.

Encourages role play which helps children to develop social skills by imitating grown-ups and inventing their own roles. Via IKEA

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Kids selling lemonade is kind of an American classic image. IKEA takes a shot at it with their children’s market stand, Skylta.  This one is corrogated cardboard, so might be better suited to roleplaying… unless you want to use it as a pattern for your DIY flatpack creation.

Encourages role play; children develop social skills by imitating grown-ups and inventing their own roles.

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Ok, not really by IKEA, but if they did decide to get into the beekeeping business, I’d imagine they might call upon designers like Rowan Dunford.

Dunford wanted to eliminate any fears that might come with starting your own hive, like cost and complexity. Perfect for the beginner, the modern hive is simple and designed for flat-pack shipping and assembly.

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Even if it is drenching in religious connotations, I do advocate bringing plants into the home for any reason.  Clever and clean as this alternative is, its kind of cold for my tastes.

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I’m a big fan of flatpack and furniture that can be easily broken down or reconfigured.  These little things look like a great way to make your own with nearly infinite variety.  Chalk this one up as one of those “Why didn’t someone make these before?”

Making your own furniture can be considered an art, we suppose. Heck, we sometimes wonder how good Jesus was… But that’s a question for another day. The point is, making tables and chairs and things is fairly hard, yo. You have to measure right, angle cuts precisely, and do a number of fairly complex …
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