Fried Rice Sandbox Toy
![Fried Rice Sandbox Toy](/content/images/size/w1200/2024/04/IMG_9162.jpeg)
My wife is a counselor who does "play therapy" at a primary school. She has a sand tray and some toys that kids can play with during their sessions. Sometimes she asks me to 3D print things for the kids to play with. For example, I printed this little shovel for the sand tray:
![](https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/43/4e/a6/77/79/featured_preview_Untitled_Project_3.jpg)
One kid really likes trains, so I was asked to 3D print a toy steam train:
![](https://madebynathan.com/content/images/2024/04/3904DF50-909E-4399-8659-0549E949087D_4_5005_c-1-1.jpeg)
Another kid really likes pretending to make fried rice in the sand, so my wife asked if I could 3D print some plastic ingredients and a toy spatula.
I found a few 3D models:
![](https://cdn.thingiverse.com/renders/2d/53/15/45/b2/Fried_egg_close_up_preview_featured.jpg)
![](https://img.freepik.com/3d-models/HTF2GFTB-corn-grains-001/corn-grains-001-beauty.png)
![](https://cdn.thingiverse.com/renders/02/2e/83/2f/7d/2x3_slide_box_preview_featured.jpg)
![](https://cdn.thingiverse.com/renders/dc/0b/f9/77/96/46931b06e16d3ca8b63251e2ddcd14c2_preview_featured.jpg)
The wok model was tricky. I used this tool to convert the OBJ to STL:
![](https://www.aspose.cloud/templates/aspose/App_Themes/V3/images/3d/272x272/aspose_3d-for-net-min.png)
The resulting STL had some errors, so I used this tool to fix them:
I also added some basic shapes in Bambu Studio (spheres, cylinders, and cubes) to peas, bacon, omelette, and green onions.
![](https://madebynathan.com/content/images/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-21-at-12.45.36-AM.png)
Some of these small parts were quite difficult to print. I had to experiement with the support and raft settings, especially for the peas and corn. You can see that I still lost a few.
Here's the finished product:
![](https://madebynathan.com/content/images/2024/04/IMG_9173.jpeg)
![](https://madebynathan.com/content/images/2024/04/IMG_9162-1.jpeg)
I had a lot of fun making this. I hope they have fun playing with it!