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The CALAFANT Concept – Let children build their dream (castles)!

A couple of years ago, Boris Schimanski, a well-known cartoon artist in Germany, set out with the intention to keep his kids occupied with something that would hold their attention and imagination long enough for him to finish his current work project in peace and quiet. He took some plain cardboard, drew a castle and punched out the individual pieces.
With this building and some decorating material, he was able to incite his children to spend more time in their playroom than in his studio.

This was just the beginning. After his work project was completed, he noticed that the kids were still busy with his cardboard creation. After they built their castle by putting the pieces together, they decorated it with all sorts of things from the house and yard and played with it, along with their little figurines, for hours and hours.

The joy of playing with their self-made toy didn’t diminish and more and more friends joined in. This is how the business idea for CALAFANT was born. With the support of his equally enthused business partners from Hongkong, new cardboard play worlds were produced for the first time. Today, children from all over the world can choose from many different

CALAFANT models in various sizes: from spooky castles, cool palaces, tepees and forts, to adventure tree houses and more. Ready, steady, paint and play!

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CALAFANT – in private

Boris Schimanski is the inventor and creative head of the CALAFANT cardboard line of toys. The cartoonist, packaging designer and father of two constantly has ideas for new imaginative and innovative toys. Creating new CALAFANT toys is simply too much fun for him.

CALAFANT combines his passion and his profession:

cartoons and cardboard.

Every CALAFANT model shows his artistic creativity and his extensive experience with cardboard materials.