Greetings, readers!

I am not exactly sure why such a thing exists, but there is now a company that will turn children’s drawings into stuffed animals… for $250. It also comes with a long wait-list that only opens once a year.

Readers, this is one product that I do not understand. Why would someone spend that much for a stuffed creature like that? I fully understand the artistry involved in making a hand-made item like that. I agree that the artist should be compensated. I just do not understand the demand-side of the curve.

Furthermore, why would someone be willing to spend that much for a toy… that will take a year to be completed? At which point the child will probably no longer like the level of artistry they were at? If these were for the mother of the child, I could understand their popularity. But what child truly cares that much about a drawing, of the quality at which they are drawing? More to the point, what child cares that much about the drawing… an entire year later? And how many children truly see their drawings when they look at their art? How many, instead, see what they wanted to draw?

If the child sees what they wanted to represent with crayon and paper, does creating what is actually on the page in “softie” form make the child realize how inaccurate their drawings are? Or doe the children care?

If any of you wish to explain this to me, I would enjoy reading your thoughts.