Ballares (left) wants Ashton to play with educational toys instead of being hooked on games on mobile devices. Photos: Catherine Ballares
In the past year or so, since the first movement control order, Filipino expatriate Catherine Ballares has kept herself busy hand-painting peg dolls for her four-year-old son Ashton Cayle Sharma.
In 15 months, she has painted close to 150 peg dolls of frontliners, firefighters, angels and more.
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Ashton's fun toys
Ballares (left) wants Ashton to play with educational toys instead of being hooked on games on mobile devices. Photos: Catherine Ballares
Ballares gets to bond with Ashton over books and peg dolls.
Ballares' handpainted peg dolls depict Malaysia's many races.
Most of Ballares’ handpainted peg dolls are inspired by her son’s interests.
Paint brushes, acrylic paint and pencils are some of the tools required to paint peg dolls.
Children's imagination can run wild with these Halloween-themed peg dolls.
This pandemic has allowed us to reflect on things that bring us joy, shares Ballares.
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