Melange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2020 | Page 81

Resurrecting modest high school
drawing skills which lay buried
for years, and armed with his
toy concept, Kevin drew and
later created his first set of toys
in 2018 – stuffed toys reflecting
Caribbean culture.
Action figures soon followed
along the same Caribbeanesque
theme. Action figures
representing cricket players and
soccer players. Stuffed toys of
steel-pan players, drummers
and also cricketers – players on
the West Indies cricket team
and also India cricket team
are represented. Kevin’s first
attempt at creating a cultural
experience for children through
toys was hugely successful. He is
currently working on a full line of
Caribbean-inspired superheroes
which should be ready for
release in August 2020. So far,
the response to his line of toys
both local and abroad has been
encouraging.
Kevin’s most recent project is
a series of children’s games,
novel Caribbean-based content
“promoting an interest, love
and knowledge of the rest of
the Caribbean Community.” His
“Carey and Cassie’s Caribbean
Adventures”
by Tamboulay, merges education
and adventure in an online
setting for young children. This
trivia game takes each player
to various Caribbean countries,
allowing them to learn about its
features, history and culture. Each
level of the game makes virtual
collectible tokens available to the
players with each token being
unique to a particular country.
Through the game, Carey and
Cassie explores the jungles of
Guyana, Carnival in Trinidad
and Tobago, Grand Etang Lake
in Grenada, Harrisons Cave in
Barbados, scuba diving in St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, the
Piton Mountains in St. Lucia, cane
fields in St. Kitts, the rivers and
waterfalls in Dominica, Cricket
stadiums in Antigua, the Blue
Mountains in Jamaica and Old
Havana in Cuba. This is quite
the journey! Children can learn
about other Caribbean countries
in a fun, safe, educational way,
without leaving their homes. The
game is currently available on
Android, iOS and Facebook.
Also under the Tamboulay
umbrella are children’s fiction
books, one of which can be
seen enjoyed in audio/visual
format: “Tamboulay’s Anansi:
King of The Jungle.” accessable on
Tamboulay’s website and social
media.