World Wide Christmas Drop

It's that time again - holidays, christmas, end of year - and although we're a little late this year, we're excited and ready to go with our World Wide Christmas Toy Drop. All around the world, on the last weekend before Christmas, toy makers (of the non santa kind) will be leaving their handmade toys as gifts for perfect strangers.

This will be the third year, and we would love to see our toy drop count tip the 300 mark this time round (we made it to 200 last year).

So, if you would like to be part of the fun, sign up here:

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We're excited to introduce a new way to post your drops this year too - so hopefully we will see drops on the blog much quicker than in previous years. So sign up so you don't miss any vital details!

Drop # 1442

Dropped: bridge Inside Boronia Library, Boronia, Victoria, Australia
Number of Toys: 2
Made and dropped by: Peanut
When: November 2010

Drop # 1441

Dropped: outside veterinary clcinic, Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
Number of Toys: 1
Made and dropped by: Peanut
When: November 2010

Drop # 1440

Dropped: bridge on bike track - Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
Number of Toys: 1
Made and dropped by: Peanut
When: November 2010

Drop # 1439

Dropped: In the Garden beside St. John the Baptist's church, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Number of Toys: 1
Made By: William
Dropped By: William
When: Saturday 13th November 2010
William Says: I hope whoever finds this will love it. (No photo of were we dropped it because we forgot the camera).

Drop # 1438

Dropped: In the garden beside St. John the Baptist's Church, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Number of Toys Dropped: 1
Made By: Catherine
Dropped By: Catherine
When: Saturday November 13th 2010
Catherine Says:I hope whoever got this toy liked it! (Forgot to bring camera so no photo of where we dropped it).

Drop # 1437

Dropped: Shands at the University of Florida (transplant hospital), Gainesville, Florida, USA
Number of Toys: 2 One pink piggie, and one baby blue piggie
Made and dropped by: Connie
When: Thursday, November 25th, 2010
And Connie says: Our niece is at Shands awaiting a double lung transplant. When we got the call that she'd been moved there, I whipped up two pig stuffed animals to take with. However, I forgot my camera and forgot to to take a picture of them at home. I did manage to print out the "Take Me Home" letter, though! : )

We gave the two stuffed animals to the Welcome Desk at the hospital with the request that they leave them where they felt they'd be found best. We didn't want to leave them/hide them as we've done in the past only because we felt that since we were unfamiliar with the hospital, we might end up leaving them in an area frequented by kids too sick to be able to have them (since many areas of the hospital are VERY sterile due to transplants). We believe the Welcome Desk personnel would have a better idea where to leave them so they might find happy forever homes.

Found: Drop # 1413

Drop # 1413 has been found!

Forwarded message ----------
From: Lisa
Date: Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Subject: found
To: thetoysociety@gmail.com


we love the library and hand made objects. we found a cute pink owl at the Numurkah library and it is a hit. Love the idea - bookcrossing for toys...

made by NSC16

many thanks Miranda and Amelia (5 & 1.5 yo)

Drop # 1436

Dropped: Outside IGA Numurkah
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC18
Dropped by: NSC18
When: 26/11/10

Drop # 1435

Dropped: Apex park Numurkah
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC17
Dropped by: NSC17
When: 22/11/10

Drop # 1434

Dropped: Outside Numurkah Post Office
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC16
Dropped by: NSC16
When: 27/11/10

Drop # 1433

Dropped: Numurkah Hair Hut
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC14
Dropped by: NSC14
When: 27/11/10

Drop # 1432

Dropped: Apex Park Numurkah
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC08
Dropped by: NSC08
When: 27/11/10

Drop # 1431

Dropped: Kids car inside Big W Shepparton
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC07
Dropped by: NSC0
When: 22/11/10

Drop # 1430

Dropped: Alice Turner Library~ Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Number of toys: 1
Made by: Quiddo and Kiddo
Dropped by: www.flickr.com/photos/quiddo/
When: November 26, 2010
* Mother / Daughter team, making toys together to make a difference.

Drop # 1429

Dropped: I-25 rest stop, Trinidad, CO USA
Number of toys: 1
Made by: decapod
Dropped by: decapod
When: 11/27/2010
And decapod says: linen cat from a 1920s magazine

Drop # 1428

Dropped: I-25 rest stop, Colorado City, CO USA
Number of toys: 1
Made by: decapod
Dropped by: decapod
When: 11/27/2010
And decapod says: camel from a 1970s pattern book

Drop # 1427

Dropped: I-25 rest stop, between Watrous and Wagon Mound, NM USA
Number of toys: 1
Made by: decapod
Dropped by: decapod
When: 11/27/2010
And decapod says: tweed monkey from a recent Vogue pattern

Drop # 1426

Dropped: NB I-25 rest stop, near Raton, NM USA
Number of toys: 1
Made by: decapod
Dropped by: decapod
When: 11/27/2010

Drop # 1425

Dropped: in a bookstore in Baltimore, USA

Number of toys: 2 - The Scissors Brothers

Made by: eriley797

Dropped by:  eriley797

When: November ?, 2010

Drop # 1424

Dropped: at the church on Bruce Street, Manchester, NH, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: amcgecnh

Dropped by: amcgecnh

When: November 24, 2010

Drop # 1423

Dropped: rest stop on I-25, Colorado City, CO, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: decapod

Dropped by: decapod

When: Nov 24 2010

And decapod says: sweater badger from a 1970s pattern book

Drop # 1422

Dropped: rest stop on I-25, near Pueblo, CO, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: decapod

Dropped by: decapod

When: Nov 24 2010

And decapod says: sweater bunny from a 1970s pattern book. Camera batteries died when trying to take a photo of the drop location.

Drop # 1421

Dropped: rest stop on I-25, Trinidad, CO, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: decapod

Dropped by: decapod

When: Nov 24 2010

And decapod says: sweater frog

Drop # 1420

Dropped:rest stop on I-25 between Watrous and Wagon Mound, NM, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: decapod

Dropped by: decapod

When: Nov 24 2010

And decapod says: sweater fish

Dro # 1419

Dropped: rest stop on I-25 near Raton, NM, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: decapod

Dropped by: decapod

When: Nov 24 2010

And decapod says: corduroy tiger inspired by Chinese tiger toys

Drop # 1418 - 15 bears on their way to Shouth Dakota!

Regular toy dropper amcgecnh has bundled up a batch of bears ... She writes:

Check out: www.thebuffaloboyfoundation.org

I have a friend working there to help the families on the Lakota Sioux reservation...These bears will travel via "flat rate" box (11/24/10) to South Dakota in hopes of finding and speading some love! If you would like to contribute, send to: Jim Cortez, PO BOX 1005, White Horse, Mission, SD 57555...We all have our charities and "causes"...Thank you for considering a donation to this one!

Drop # 1417

Dropped: Smyth Road School, Manchester, NH, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: amcgecnh

Dropped by: amcgecnh

When: November 23, 2010

Drop # 1416

Dropped: Smyth Road School, Manchester, NH, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: amcgecnh

Dropped by: amcgecnh

When: November 22, 2010

Drop # 1415

Dropped: outside the new FIVE BELOW store, Manchester, NH, USA

Number of toys: 1

Made by: amcgecnh

Dropped by: amcgecnh

When: November 22, 2010

Drop # 1414

Dropped: Kids section of Numurkah Library
Number of toys: 2
Made by: NSC11
Dropped by: NSC 11
When: 16/11/2010

Drop # 1413

Dropped: Kids section of Numurkah library
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC09
Dropped by: NSC09
Date: 11/16/10

Drop # 1412

Dropped: Numurkah Kindergarten
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC12
Dropped by: NSC12
When: 11/20/10

Drop # 1411

Dropped: Outside IGA Numurkah
Number of toys: 1
Made by: NSC02
Dropped by: NSC02
Date: Nov. 11, 2010

Drop # 1410

Dropped: At Martin's grocery store in Williamsburg, VA
Number of toys: 2
Made by: Sam & Eli
Dropped by: Sam & Eli & family
When: Sunday Nov. 14, 2010
And Sam & Eli say: This was our first drop and we enjoyed it very much!

Drop # 1410

Dropped: At Martin's grocery store in Williamsburg, VA
Number of toys: 2
Made by: Sam & Eli
Dropped by: Sam & Eli & family
When: Nov. 14, 2010
And Sam & Eli say: This was our first drop and we enjoyed it very much!

Drop # 1409

Dropped: at the Nacogdoches, TX Public Library, Children's Section
Number of toys: 1
Made by: AJ
Dropped by: AJ @ ajperspective.blogspot.com
When: 08/11/10

Drop # 1408

Dropped: Scorpius Way in the park, Redding, CA 96002
Number of Toys: 1
Made By: Rachel
Dropped By: heavenlystuffed.blogspot.com
When: 6th, August 2010
And (Rachel) says: This toy is a jellyfish.