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Toy Society Project Swap

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Toy Society Project Swap
Swap Homepage:http://thetoysociety.blogspot.com/
Swap Coordinator:driftwood (contact)
Swap categories: Handmade 
Number of people in swap:5
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:February 15, 2010
Date items must be sent by:March 1, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

okay swappers! This is my first swap attempt. I am involved in the Toy Society which randomly drops off handmade toys for children to be found. For this swap, each one will make a toy for the partner to drop. It is definitely senders choice. The receiver will be responsible for the drop off. The sender should supply the appropriate tag and note for the toy society requirements. The receiver will also need to photograph and post the drop pictures. I hope this is clear. Bear with me on my first attempt. Hope we will have fun. It is a good feeling to know you may brighten a child's life.

Discussion

graymojocat 01/21/2010 #

I think that this is a fantastic idea! If I were skilled enough to make a toy, I'd do it. But I wanted to let you know that I love this idea and the whole leaving toys for kids to find thing! Good luck!

TeaNi 01/21/2010 #

omigoodness! My daughetrs and I just checked out the toy society blog and love the idea! I'm worried I may not finish my toy in time to join the swap, but I just wanted to thank you for making people aware of this wonderful RAK society!:)

niecedenise 01/21/2010 #

I did this swap when SweetClemintine did it last fall-it was a blast. My pics are on my Flickr

gracielous 01/21/2010 #

Thanks for this swap. I am so excited to join the toy society and start toy drops.

pahasiga 01/21/2010 #

I have a question about the "the sender should supply the appropriate tag and note" - this swap is international, meaning the partner may need a tag and note in some other language than English, and possibly one she doesn't know. I know I would need a Latvian one - how many people ready to provide that?

moxsapphir 01/21/2010 #

Maybe you could put a translation on the reverse?

LittleRed 01/21/2010 #

I took part in a swap-bot toy society swap before and it was so much fun. We all signed up with the toy society, made a toy and did the drop ourselves. We then provided a photo of the toy at the drop site and sent it with a note to our partners describing our choice of toy and if we witnessed it being found. These drops were also registered on the toy society web site so we could check back to see it there too. It was really so much fun, I'd love to do it again. I'll just wait for another one without the shipping of the toy being involved. Have fun with it though,......it was such a nice thing to do!

driftwood 01/21/2010 #

@pahasiga I didn't think of that, but I think the translation on the reverse would work beautifully. I am glad to see the great response.

TC 01/21/2010 #

I'll just ditto everything @LittleRed said, and add that this is such a fun, grassroots art movement in which to get involved!

TangleCrafts 01/22/2010 #

@pahasiga , take a look at this pic on the Toy Society blog - the label is in both english & spanish. I don't know if they will supply labels in Latvian, but if the process is anything like BookCrossing, I'm sure it will be fine to make your own labels.

You see, times like this, I really wish I could sew - this is such a cool project/swap!

pahasiga 01/22/2010 #

They can be knitted/crocheted, too. ;)

driftwood 01/22/2010 #

or any style, look at photos not all are perfect that's why I love the site. I can practice on the children. lol

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