Dropped: tied to the boardwalk railing at Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California, USA
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: calquiltr
When: Saturday March 28
And calquiltr says: "I hope he finds a good home; I was kind of sad to leave him."
Monday, March 30, 2009
Drop # 182
Drop # 181
Dropped: Outside Stirchley School, South Birmingham, UK
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: Heather
When: 8:10am 30th March 2009
And Heather says: My 1st Toy Society drop, I really enjoyed it and am already planning future ones.
Drop # 180
Dropped: on the bridge over the duck pond in Caulfield Park, Vic, Australia
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Kristine
Dropped by: Kristine and Freya
When: 30th March 2009
And Kristine says: we left our little purple people eater to watch the ducks and he very quickly found a new home.
Drop # 179
Dropped: Hidden Hollow Park , White Bear Lake, MN USA
Number of Toys: 1
Made by: Maggie
Dropped by: Maggie and Baxter
When: March 29, 2009
Drop # 178
Dropped: Fish Observatory in Boulder Colorado, USA
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: decapod
When: March 29 2009
And decapod says: cashmere sweater bunny from the Betz White pattern
Friday, March 27, 2009
Drop # 177
Dropped: under a seat at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: Narelle
When: Wednesday 25th March
And Narelle says: My husband and I sincerely hope it finds a loving home.
Drop # 176
Dropped: Camden, NSW
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Schelle
Dropped by: Schelle & family
When: 27 March 2009
And Schelle says: When I left, this friendly fellow was happily admiring the magnificent steam engines on display at Camden Show.
Drop # 175
Dropped: Little Pedestrian Bridge deep in Forest Lakes, Australia
Number of toys: 1 - Little Bead Doll
Made by: Nansi
Dropped by: Nansi and Wren
When: 25th March 2009
And Wren says: Mum and I dropped this little one together. It was Mum's first drop... lots of excitement and joy... Hope someone finds this little treasure and loves her... she would be ideal as a pocket pal.
Drop # 174
Dropped: Southern Machattie Park, Bathurst, NSW Australia
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Sarah
Dropped by: Sarah, Katy and Christopher
When: 27th March 2009
Drop # 173
Dropped: Northern Machattie Park, Bathurst, NSW Australia
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Sarah
Dropped by: Sarah, Katy and Christopher
When: 27th March 2009
And Sarah says: We walked once around the duck pond, and circled a second time and it
was gone.
Drop # 172 - First in POLAND!
Dropped: Sanocka playground, Ochota, Warsaw, Poland
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: Mysek and the Family
When: March 26, 2009
And Mysek says: It was double exciting mission, because it was our first drop and the first one in Poland. We chose kids playground in early morning hours. It went fast, 20 minutes later our handmade Zilo was gone. It is good, he didn’t get cold. We still have snow this spring. Hopefully he found a new friend and nice home…
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Drop # 171
Dropped: Huntsville Women's and Children's Hospital - Huntsville, AL USA
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Misty
Dropped by: Stephen
When: March 25, 2008
And Misty says: I hope this blue bird brings someone a little happiness.
Drop # 170
Dropped: Eglinton play ground, Alexander st, Eglinton, Bathurst NSW, Australia
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Sarah
Dropped by: Sarah, Richard and Christopher
When: 25th March 2009, 2.30pm
And Sarah says: We dropped her just before primary school across the road was due to finish for the day, so hopefully she won't sit there too long.
Drop # 169
Dropped: Wakefield Ave, Anislie, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: bucknchooky
When: 24 March 2009
And Allison says: My son had a ball, helping with this drop, he was getting so much joy, from leaving "Hoot" for some other child to find.
Drop # 168
Dropped: Oker Berg Park Area, Newton Kansas, USA
Number of Toys dropped : 1
Made and Dropped by: Aunt Pitty Pat
When: 24 March 2009
And Aunt Pitty Pat says: I hope some little child finds this very silly little toy fun :)
Drop # 167
Dropped: in Edinburgh's New Town, Scotland
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: Carmen
When: 24 February 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Play All Day
The Toy Society is in print! And not only are we in print, but the book we are in is a very classy book indeed! 'Play all Day'.
Play All Day documents a collection of the most vibrant, stimulating and engaging design products and concepts for children. This book sets a new standard of design for children with fascinating examples of innovative and well-designed toys, playgrounds and play environments, room decorations, wall coverings, furniture and kindergarten architecture. In addition to these products, it also presents illustration, photography as well as new and original ideas offering playful solutions that talented designers and creative parents are designing for and with their kids. It is an inspiring reference for design-savvy parents and other professionals.
Congratulations to Noelia, Traci and Desiree who each have one of their toy drops included.
Drop # 166
Dropped: Crestview Park, Waipahu, HI, USA
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Kathleen - Just Charming
Dropped by: Kathleen
When: March 23, 2008
And Kathleen says: I hope this doll brings a little cheer to a child's day.
Drop # 165
Dropped: Children's Park on the Red Cedar River, Okemos, Michigan, USA
Number of Toys: 1
Made and dropped by: BareBabyFeet
When: March 21, 2009
And BareBabyFeet says: Funny little elephant made from reclaimed fabric. We dropped him in the dark, and we hope that sunrise finds him a new friend!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Drop # 164
Dropped: Canfield Mobile Home Park (Children's Playground, on the stairs to the big slide!), Cedar Springs, Michigan, USA
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Monica
Dropped by: corgi-express.blogspot.com
When: 3-20-2009
And Monica says: This has been a fun project! I have one more Scottie Dog stuffie to 'drop', but have not chosen the location yet. I think I was 'sneaky', but several people probably didn't recognize my car, so I had a few 'lookers' who may have been suspicious. I snapped photos, trying to look like I was a photographer - but probably fooled no one! Nobody came to inspect while I was there, and I hope that someone finds and reports back about the Scottie!
Drop # 163
Dropped: at Trinity Park, USA
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Suzanne
Dropped by: Suzanne and Daughter
When: March 19, 2009
Drop # 162
Dropped: On a bench in Tollgate Wetlands, Lansing, Michigan, USA
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: BareBabyFeet
When: March 19, 2009
And BareBabyFeet says: This little monster was made with love, from scrap fabric. I dropped him in honor of my sister's birthday.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Drop # 161
Dropped: by the wipes near the wagons at the entrance of Foodland (Grocery Store) in Waipio, (on the island of Oahu), Hawaii, USA
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: Darthmama
When: March 16, 2009
And Darthmama says: Just wanting to spread some crafty happiness and hoping this St. Patrick's Day Panda brightens their St. Patrick's Day!
Drop # 160
Dropped: Bel Air Neighbourhood Children's Playground, USA
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: www.yarnigras.blogspot.com
When: 18 March 2009
Drop # 159
Dropped: South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland
Number of toys: 1
Made and dropped by: Denise
When: Tuesday 17th March 2009
And Denise says: Harry the caterpillar is my first hand made toy and was left in the care of the seals under the Forth Rail Bridge ....hope he finds a new home before it becomes dark!
Drop # 158
Dropped: At the airport train to Arlanda airport, Stockholm, Sweden.
Number of toys: 1 Bunny (the blue stripey one in the pics)
Dropped by: Maria (but it's all in Swedish)
When: March 12th
And Maria says: The bunny didn't like the zip lock bag which was a bit too small for comfort! I like the thought that someone on their way home to any random country finding it. There were two little adorable girls on the train that unfortunately didn't see the bunny
Drop # 157 - first Swedish Drop!
Dropped: Hässelby Strand which is a suburb to Stockholm, Sweden.
Number of toys: 1
Dropped by: Maria (but it's all in Swedish)
When: March 11th
And Maria says: My first drop of many (hopefully). :) I planned to drop it on a playground but my planning was poor so it was full of kids so I dropped it just a fem 100 metres away from the playground (which is also very close to a school).
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