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Victorian Toys

victorian toys

Tinder box Toys before electricity, Victorian toys and toy making.

A teacher’s interactive education resource available through costumed visits to schools and Historical venues within 100 kms of Auckland, New Zealand in support of the Social Studies and Technology curriculums. This costumed activity can be delivered with either a Technology of Social studies focus, or a mixed presentation.

Explore the world of toys before electricity. Compare and contrast the toys of the past and the present. See some originals. Who made the toys of the past? What type of materials are they made from? What makes them work? Play with the Tinder box reproduction Victorian toys!

Supplementary Resource Toy making (additional fee.)

Tinder Box, in response to teachers’ requests, has created a new activity: “Toy making ” Students make a toy.

Tinder box makes a toy making kit for each visit, forward booking required so the kit can be made in time for our visit to you.

These curricula linked hands on activities take approximately 40 minutes each per session.

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