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Pre-Chewed Pencils from Concentrate – £ 1.49

Pre- chewed pencils!!! We know it is a bit daft but – hey! No need to spend time chewing your pencil – Just get down to some concentrated thinking and who knows what you might come up with.

Discourages chewing of the pencil
They make a funny gift
Dimensions: 17.5mm x 0.7mm (HxD)

BUY THE PRE-CHEWED PENCILS NOW

Mark Champkins Question and Answers – Concentrate Products

Hey…hey you! Yes.. you in the stupid hat! Don’t you design all kinds of tat for kids in school? What’s that all about then?
Well … Since you ask… All the ideas come from talking with students and teachers, and watching what goes on in a typical classroom.
The idea for the Chairpadbag came when I saw [...]

Philippe Starck: Designing not for art’s sake, but for the benefit of the customer

“Design” is a funny old thing. It’s easy imagine that designers sit all day long and wait for their muse to strike, others think that designers are constantly seeking for inspiration reading books, visiting museum, learning all kinds of artsy stuff.
All of us are right and yet there are those who [...]

Happy New Year: The Future of Schools – Nice Soft Seats and Robot Teachers?

We wish you a Happy New Year!

Did you know that 2010 is the international year of the bottom?* Countries all over the world will be thinking of ways to make their posteriors as cozy as possible. This, of course, is not true.
However, we all know it’s not that nice sitting on a hard surface for [...]

Concentration span of a goldfish

Um, what was i saying ..?
The average concentration span of a goldfish is about 1 second – after that, they just forget everything. Most goldfish spend all their time swimming around their bowl, being pleasantly surprised by all the new scenery.
Fortunately, we humans can concentrate for a little bit longer.
Clever fellas with big beards, worked [...]

Sudoku riddle

Sudoku Rules
Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3×3 square.
Sudoku Tips
* Start with number one and pencil in all options around the grid before [...]

Tails I win, heads you lose

Merry Christmas, last chance to buy a Concentrate gift pack

We wish  you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you’ll have a great time

Last chance to buy one of our beautiful Gift Packs for Christmas to make your kids have more fun at school in the new year:

SUPER GIFT PACK

Chairpadbag
Lunchbox “Food for Thought” (including 2 pots)
Lunchbox Coolerbag (in [...]

Fun websites

Funny Websites
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/dickndom
CBBC’s Dick and Dom’s homepage – full of funny noises, games and competitions.
www.edwardmonkton.com
A site by the poet and author Edward Monkton with some funny sketches and poems. It might sounds a bit dull, but it’s pretty silly.
www.citv.co.uk
Children’s ITV Homepage has links to all CITV Cartoons and programmes.
Games and Puzzles
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc
The main Children’s [...]

You can now start buying our products on Ebay!

Horray!
We just started to sell our products on Ebay.
It’s actually pretty tricky to get started selling on the ebay site, and it requires lots of positive reviews.
If anyone is thinking of buying some lovely Concentrate goodies A. you’re clearly a marvelous. talented and good looking person, and B. Could you possibly try buying the products [...]

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