Toys theme loan boxes

Our loan boxes are a great way of bringing a little bit of the museum into your classroom.

Boxes in this theme contain a wide range of useful resources and can be used to inspire a range of classroom activities with enjoyment and fun.

Tab through the images to see a selection of typical loan box items on this theme.

Our loan boxes based on a Toys theme include:

• 20th century toys
• 1940s and 1950s toys and books
• 1970s, 80, and 90s Toys
• Animal Picture Block Puzzle
• Snow White Picture Block Puzzle
• Bagatelle
• Big Book – Looking at Teddy Bears
• Toys and Big Book 
• Children's Books of the 1960's
• Fairground Rides (fragile)
• Victorian Dolls House (reproduction)
• 1950s Dolls House
• Model Toy Soldiers (1920s-1930s)
• Model Wild Animals (Metal)
• Moving Toys
• Moving Toys with CAMs
• Punch and Judy Theatre
• Punch and Judy – original puppets (cased)
• Puppets – rod, string, shadow and glove.
• Snakes and Ladders and Sorry Board Games
• Eight Soldier Skittles
• Table Top Six Pins
• Toy Hoops – Old and New
• Toys and Games Old and New
• Toys Old and New – Pushes Pulls (Box and Bag)
• Toy Vehicles
• Traditional Toys and Games
• Victorian Doll and Comparisons
• Victorian Toys and Games
• Victorian Toy Theatre with Scenes and Characters
• Victorian Zoetrope (Reproduction)
• Wooden Toys and Games
• Egyptian Toys
• Greek Childhood
• Mexican Toys
• Toys from other countries

If you choose this theme, three loan boxes will be classed as one loan.

Please quote your preferred choice of boxes on your booking form. All boxes are subject to availability.

What's in a box?

Listed below are the replica objects found in one of our Toys and Games boxes*.

• Zoetrope
• Snakes and Ladders
• Halma
• Long Skipping Rope
• Teddy Bear
• Whip and Top
• Diabolo
• Marbles and Arch
• Pick up Sticks
• Acrobat
• Happy Families card game
• Snap
• Thaumotropes
• Flick Book

For more information or advice about the use of any of our objects, please contact us.

* The contents of our loans varies between boxes and occasionally it may be necessary to remove or replace items.