Victorian toys

http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/
microsites/moc_kaleidoscope /

A kaleidoscope is a toy which uses coloured glass and mirrors to create patterns. It was invented in 1817.

Make your own kaleidoscope by dragging toys on to the circle.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/kids/

Go to Build a Toy

Build a toy then see if you can get it to the toy box safely.

http://www.strongmuseum.org /
NTHoF/NTHoF.html

National Toy Hall of Fame

Look at pictures of the nation’s favourite toys.

Why do you think these toys have been chosen?

http://www.strongmuseum.org/
kids/paperdolls.html

Activities to do online or to print off and do

Dress the dolls, make a tangram or paper bag puppet.

http://tofino.ex.ac.uk/virvic/
etoys/home.htm

Victorian toys.

Play these interactive games using Victorian toys:

• Building bricks,
• Decoupage,
• Dress the Doll,
• Fantascopes,
• The Magic Lantern.

http://www.bears.co.nz/games/mab.htm

Make and dress your own teddy on the computer screen.

Choose the parts of Teddy’s body and the clothes.

http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/
ict_art/toys/index.htm

Your teacher will print off these half pictures of toys

You draw and colour the other half.

http://www.scran.ac.uk/learning/library/
library_staff/Quizzes/streetplayquiz.php?
PHPSESSID=r2sct9t1ta5dns88u4lr1kg2s1

Each image shows a different street game.

Print out the quiz sheet and see if you can date each photograph and spot the oldest image? e.g. 1950’s, 1980’s

http://www.scran.ac.uk/learning/library/
library_staff/Quizzes/toyquiz.php?
PHPSESSID=r2sct9t1ta5dns88u4lr1kg2s1

Each image shows a different toy

Print out the quiz sheet and see if you can date each photograph and spot the oldest toys? e.g. 1950’s, 1970’s etc.