26–30 cm
Tabletop
Sits on a desk or a windowsill. One evening to build and colour, no floor space sacrificed. The usual first purchase and the usual party favour.
Build-and-colour cardboard kits · ages 3–10
Cardboard worlds kids build and colour themselves
Castles, cottages, market stalls and ice cream vans in heavy white board, printed with line art and waiting for markers. From tabletop models to playhouses taller than a five-year-old. No glue, no scissors, no grown-up required.
- 100%recycled board
- 0glue and scissors
- 26–135 cmsize range
↑ this is how they arrive — colour comes next
FSC-certified board
No sharp edges, no smell
Ships flat in a slim box
Marker, gouache and acrylic friendly
Sizes
From a tabletop model to taller than a five-year-old
Three size classes, same board, same line art. Pick by how much floor you are willing to lose.
60–90 cm
Midi
Waist height on a small child — the size that gets played with standing up. Stalls, kitchens and rockets that hold real (light) objects.
110–135 cm
Playhouse
Taller than the average five-year-old, with a doorway they walk through rather than crawl into. Two kids fit. It will own a corner of the room.
How it works
Three steps from a flat box to a castle of their own
No tools at all. Parts hold together on slots and tabs, and the instructions are pictures — reading is optional.
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1
Unpack
Flat sheets come out of a slim box. Every part is die-cut and numbered — nothing needs cutting out.
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2
Fold and click
Fold along the dotted lines, push the tab into the slot, hear the click. An adult is needed for advice at most.
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3
Colour it in
The surface takes markers, gouache, acrylic and stickers. Regret it? A replacement panel set costs a fraction of the kit.
Spec sheet
Turn it around
The Cottage: a scalloped shingle roof, round cross windows, an arched plank door on strap hinges and a stone chimney. Drag the model, or keep scrolling and it turns by itself.
- N°01Material
- Corrugated cardboard
- N°02Exterior colour
- White, printed line art
- N°03Assembled size
- 43.5 × 43.5 × 50 cm
- N°04Flat pack
- 54 × 48 × 5.5 cm
- N°05Weight
- 800 g
The range
Seven kits, three sizes
Point at any kit and it colours itself in. Prices and specifications are placeholders for now.
135 cm
Playhouse · castle
Dragon Keep
Three towers, a lifting portcullis and a lookout platform.
$79
120 cm
Playhouse · house
The Cottage
Pitched roof, chimney and shutters that really open.
$69
80 cm
Midi · shop
Farmers' Stall
Canopy, produce crates and a board for chalking prices.
$52
85 cm
Midi · play
Little Cook Kitchen
Hinged oven door, two hobs and a shelf for the spices.
$55
90 cm
Midi · vehicle
Cosmos-1 Rocket
Clear porthole and a control panel they design themselves.
$48
26 cm
Tabletop · castle
Tiny Castle
Twin towers, arched windows, five markers in the box.
$29
24 cm
Tabletop · vehicle
Ice Cream Cart
Serving hatch, striped awning and twelve blank paper cones.
$26
Nothing in this size yet — it's on the workshop list.
The material
Why cardboard
Not because it's cheap. Because it's the one material a child is allowed to ruin.
Safe
No sharp corners, no small parts, no smell. Edges are rolled and the flute is dense enough not to slice a finger.
Recyclable
Made entirely from recycled board. When it has had its life, the whole thing goes in the paper bin — water-based inks and all.
Ships flat
Even the playhouse arrives as a box 8 cm thick. It folds back down in two minutes and lives under a bed until next weekend.
Meant to be ruined
The important one. Kids paint it, cut it, cover it in stickers and never worry about breaking something expensive.
We're not making furniture and we're not making a toy. We're making two hours
— the idea KRAFLO started from
a child spends on something they then insist on showing their grandmother.
Reviews
What parents say
Placeholder text standing in for real reviews once the first orders ship.
★★★★★
We built the castle together in half an hour. Then she spent three days colouring it, one brick at a time. I'm now afraid to mention the second kit.
★★★★★
Bought the ice cream cart for a birthday. There was no actual ice cream, and six children still queued for paper cones for two hours. Money well spent.
★★★★☆
Genuinely no tools needed, that part is true. One star off because the rocket did not fit in the bedroom and now lives in the hallway. We live with a rocket in the hallway.
Questions
The ones we get asked
Really no tools at all?
Really. Every part is die-cut at the factory and joins with a tab-and-slot. Scissors, glue and tape are not needed at any stage. A ruler helps you get a crisp fold, and that's optional.
What can we colour it with?
Markers, gouache, acrylic, wax crayons and coloured pencils. The board is uncoated and takes water well. The one thing to avoid is very wet watercolour — the board swells. Spray paint outdoors, with an adult.
How long does it last?
Normal indoor use, a season or two. The flute takes about 30 kg on the roof but does not tolerate water or repeated jumping. Replacement wall and roof panels are sold separately.
Can a child build it alone?
From about six, usually yes — the instructions are pictures. Below six an adult helps with the large folds, which need force rather than skill. Colouring is entirely theirs at any age.
Where do we keep it?
It folds flat again in a couple of minutes into a stack 8–10 cm thick — behind a wardrobe, under a bed, on top of a cupboard. The structure survives 10 to 15 rebuilds.
When can we order?
KRAFLO is still pre-launch and this site is a demonstration — there is no checkout yet. Leave an address below and we'll write when the first run ships.
Get in touch
Want to know when we launch?
Leave an address and we'll write once the first run leaves the workshop. Nothing else, ever.
- Emailhello@kraflo.example
- Phone+1 000 000-0000
- Workshopaddress once we open