HOME FURNISHING expert Ikea has revealed the five winning designs for this year’s Sagoskatt collection, chosen from out of 87,000 designs submitted worldwide last year in the Ikea Soft Toy Drawing Competition for children by children, that transforms designs from paper to plush toys.
The five limited edition soft toys were based on the winning designs by eight-year-old Runar from Iceland, nine-year-old Jimin from South Korea, five-year-old Peixin from China, eight-year-old Natalia from Poland, and eight-year-old Greta from Sweden.
They feature a blue monster, colourful shark, dotted seal, pink unicorn, and a green hedgehog dinosaur.
According to Children’s Ikea product developer Bodil Fritjofsson, the process of selecting the five winners was “incredibly fun ... and hard”!
Peixin, the youngest winner, hopes other children in the world will enjoy her pink unicorn. “I drew a pink unicorn named Pink who loves to fly in the sky.”
Runar and Greta clearly aren’t afraid of monsters, with their fun takes of these creatures in their drawings.
The little Icelander wanted to draw “something cool”, and decided on a monster named Monster.
“During the day, he’s always saying something funny, teasing, and joking,“ said Runar.
Greta, on the other hand, mixed “a hedgehog, dinosaur, and a monster” in her Kotten, coloured in her favourite shade of green. Her cuddly Kotten “only eats fruit” and likes “a hot climate”.
When the jury saw little Natalia’s drawing of Unda, they fell in love with the dotted seal that “look so happy and satisfied with life”
Meanwhile, Jimin chose to draw a multicoloured shark which sports a huge friendly grin “because I love swimming and want to swim together with the little shark”.
This drawing competition is part of Ikea’s Let’s Play for Change campaign, in which it wants to show us how playing helps us to connect, create, recharge, escape and explore, by making its stores playful places to be.
Children here too still have a chance to get their creative designs turned into a plush toy for next year, when they participate in Ikea’s in-store drawing competition from now till Sunday.
When playtime is over, head over to Ikea’s dining hall for some food offers, such as chicken chop with buckwheat at RM12.90 (available until Dec 31), a five-meatball spaghetti combo at RM9.90 (until Nov 25) or eight-piece chicken ball for only RM8 (Nov 21 and Nov 28).
From now until Nov 25, enjoy a western breakfast set at only RM9 from 9am to 10am (Damansara & Cheras outlets) and 9.30am to 10.30am (Tebrau outlet).
On top of that, Ikea is offering its signature furniture at even lower prices this year! Get the Kvistbro storage table at RM129, Tjusig shoe rack (RM149), Vessla storage crate with castors (RM22.90 each), and Adum high pile rug (RM199 each).
You can now also opt for parcel delivery (West Malaysia only) at RM25 for small items like candles, cushions, storage, and stools.
For more, visit the Ikea Malaysia website.
