IT’S A SMALL By Melissa Walsh
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hile many ten year olds are playing on their iPad or watching TV, there’s a cool kid in Crib Point that is already setting up her own business and kicking some serious goals.
Rylee Yong started her own Mini Makers business in September last year and has already sold heaps of her handmade polymer characters. With the help of her dad, Andy, Rylee makes tiny characters based on word-plays or dad jokes. “I have done a few market stalls and am now getting some orders for birthday cake toppers and other gifts,” said Rylee from her home where she creates these amazing little characters. With an incredible drive and determination, Rylee has come up with some ripper names for her Mini Maker’s characters, which all began when she and her dad were in New Zealand and started making things with the clay. “Dad found this polymer clay and we started making little people. The first one we made was Lily, which I still have,” she said. With an animator for a dad, creativity doesn’t fall far from the tree and Rylee is determined to continue to bring joy and fun to everyone who checks out her quirky characters.
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Peninsula Kids – Winter 2019