bilibo has been chosen as a winner in the 2009 Fat Brain Toy Awards which means that visitors to Fat Brain Toys have chosen it as the best-of-the-best in specialty toys, games, and gifts. Congratulations!
Children have an indefatigable talent for finding unusual uses for their toys or, more inconveniently, finding interesting new uses for your property – mostly at the exact same time that you need it.
If you have given a present and found that the kids play more with the box or, like me, have despaired at spending Christmas Day watching the children use the tubes from the tinfoil and the wrapping paper as swords, whilst ignoring all their carefully selected, non-violent toys, the perfect present has arrived. Say hello to Bilibo.
Tortoise shell and sand toy, swing and spinner, cradle for dolls and substitute for sleds – Bilibo is all this and much more. So what exactly is a Bilibo? Well one clue is the fact that it does not come with an instruction manual. Kids can do what they like with it!
Says Alex Hochstrasser, Swiss inventor and designer of Bilibo, “When I introduced the prototypes at the kindergarten of my hometown the little ones were astonished at first. But then a boy sat down in Bilibo and started spinning, a girl turned Bilibo around and tried to balance on him – after that you just could not stop them any more.”
This shell is made of high density polyethylene which is shock-resistant, weather-proof, food safe, completely recyclable and comes in six bright colors. Bilibo is big enough that kids of different ages can sit in it comfortably. All this, and friendly too -Bilibo has two holes at the side which look like eyes and give the appearance of a smiling face on the shell.
Magically attractive & deceptively simple; Appealing to young children
Iconic shell shape & bright colors
Virtually unlimited ways to play with Bilibo
Developmental challenge in unique form
Open ended play: at home, at the park, at the beach, in the water, in the snow
Acclaimed By Childhood Learning Specialists
Featured In Museum Exhibitions, Recipient Of Numerous Design Awards
16 inches x 16 inches x 11 inches
Made of High-density Polyethylene
Ages 2 to 7 years
Toy Value Index: 9.70
The Toy Value Index is a Fat Brain Toys exclusive intended to quantify the overal play value of a given toy or game. We do this by taking our customers' feedback on (QUALITY + TIME PLAYED + AGE TRANSCENDENCE)/PRICE.
Fat Brain Index: 8.40
The Fat Brain Index is another Fat Brain Toys exclusive that factors in 14 different traits that we've identified that make a toy "Fat Brain Worthy".
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Very fun toy!
Posted TODAY by Melissa F.
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I first heard about this toy from a friend whose son received it for his 3rd birthday. I bought it for my not quite 2 year old daughter. She wasn't sure what to make of it at first, but once I showed her a few things to do with it she likes it. Currently she enjoys standing on it and jumping off, sitting in it, sitting it and having me spin her around, and throwing her toys in it and spinning them around.
I can't wait to see what she does with it once her imagination develops even more.
A rating of bilibo
Posted yesterday by Cara Hutchison
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This is a great toy that stimulates creativity in my 5 year old daughter. She has lots of fun playing in it, balancing, turning, spinning, standing (as demonstrated in the product picture.) She has found lots of other ways to use it, and I enjoy watching her creativity flow as she looks for new uses. It is super versatile and a staple toy in our house now. Even though she is at the upper end of the reccomended age group, she is having lots of fun with her bilibo. Even the name has prompted word play and silliness.
My rating of bilibo
Posted 3 days ago by Bonnie Armstrong
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Our grandkids have played with these toys more than with other toys. It,s like a new toy every time they play with them.
Bilibo
Posted 5 days ago
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My daughters enjoyed the bilibo. The oldest has some vestibular issues and loves to spin in it. The youngest (age 1) likes to put things inside. Win-win!
Review of bilibo
Posted 17 days ago by Corrie Sweeney
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I run a home daycare and have two of my own children ages 6 and 8. I purchased this toy to keep the children active in the winter months and also to spark their imagination. It has done both. They use the toy to sit and rock, spin, and stand on. They have used it for dolls, to carry things in and they have made up games involving it. It is an awesome toy and I plan on purchasing more. I think with more than one, they will come up with even more wonderful ideas.
Elkhorn, Nebraska USA 68022