Dunedin City Toy Library

We're incredibly grateful to COGS for their generous grant, which will help us keep the lights💡 on and continue to support our awesome home, the Valley Baptist Community Trust. ✨
Your contribution makes a real difference in our community! 🌈

Toy Library CLOSED today sorry due to sickess

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Come along on Friday even if you don’t have a current craft. Basic mending done for a donation.

TOMORROW: Join us for the Dunedin City Toy Library AGM! 🌟 Help shape the future of our fantastic toy library. All welcome! 🚀

📅 Date: Saturday, 15th June
🕒 Time: 11:45am (right after our usual library session)
📍 Location: At the toy library, 270 North Rd.

See you there!

🐣Easter late night🐰
Next week, we are having a special evening toy library session, just in time for the Easter holidays:
✨ 28 March, Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm. ✨
This evening session will replace the regular Saturday session on 30 March.

OPEN: Saturday, 23 March, 10-11:30am
OPEN: Wednesday, 27 March, 3:15-4pm
OPEN: Thursday, 28 March, ✨ 6:30-7:30pm✨
🚫 CLOSED: Saturday, 30 March

OPEN SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: All usual Wednesday and Saturday sessions.

We are open this beautiful sunny morning 10-11:30 ☀️🚀 The toys are waiting for you!

🚀 Our first Toy Library session of the year is on Saturday, Jan 20th, 10-11:30 AM! 🗓️ We've got some fantastic NEW toys for you, and we've also been busy giving the library a fresh summer makeover. Play is the way!
See you there! 🧸🎈

☀️ Summer Update ☀️
• Our final toy library session will be Saturday 16 December 2023, 10-11.30am.
• The first session of 2024 will be Saturday 20th January, 10-11:30am.
• Any toys on loan over the summer break are due back Saturday 27th January.
Thanks for supporting our library this year!

✨New toy alert!✨

A fun new magical floor puzzle:
🌈Over the Rainbow🌈

Help us find our missing toys!
Three of our wonderful toys are missing from the library. Please double-check to see if these have become part of your toy collection. Let us know, or return to the library, no questions asked.
- 46: ELC Lights and Activity Table
- 231: Walkie Talkies
- 280: Hide & Peep Pop-up

We are open our usual hours this Labour Day long weekend.
10-11:30 on Saturday, 21 October.

🚀 Come get some fresh toys for the kids! ✨

TODAY: Library open 10-11:30
TOMORROW: ✨Spring Clean and Toy Stocktake✨
📆 9-2pm Sunday, 17th September 2023
🌸 Dunedin City Toy Library spring clean and toy stocktake.
🚀At the library, 270 North Rd.
☕️ Tea, coffee and refreshments provided.
Send us an email or let a toy librarian know you’ll be coming along. ✨ Look forward to seeing you soon!

✨Spring Clean and Toy Stocktake✨
📆 9-2pm Sunday, 17th September 2023
🌸 Dunedin City Toy Library spring clean and toy stocktake.
🚀At the library, 270 North Rd.
☕️ Tea, coffee and refreshments provided.
Send us an email or let a toy librarian know you’ll be coming along. ✨ Look forward to seeing you soon!

Save the date!
📆 9-2pm Sunday, 17th September 2023
🌸 Dunedin City Toy Library spring clean and toy stocktake.
🚀At the library, 270 North Rd.
☕️ Tea, coffee and refreshments provided.

Send us an email or let a toy librarian know you’ll be coming along. ✨ Look forward to seeing you soon!

On whilst toy library is going this weekend

✨ Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori!✨

Just a reminder we are closed this Saturday, 15th July for the Matariki long weekend.

As we roll through the last week of the school holidays, and head towards the public holiday on Friday, it's good to remind ourselves that Matariki is a time for remembrance, celebrating the present, and looking to the future...

Why not celebrate Matariki with your whanau by:
⭐️Visiting your local Toy Library to access some fantastic Te Reo resources:
https://www.toylibrary.co.nz/find-a-toy-library.html

⭐️Engaging in some fun Matariki themed arts, crafts and activities. You can find some cute ideas here: https://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/matariki-crafts/

⭐️Baking and decorating star shaped sugar cookies:
https://mykidslickthebowl.com/galaxy-iced-cookies-for-matariki/

⭐️Taking part in a local event of celebration:
https://www.matariki.com/events

✨🌟Manawatia a Matariki! 🌟✨

Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori!

We are OPEN over the school holidays, but will be CLOSED over the Matariki long weekend:
• Saturday, 1 July - OPEN
• Wednesday, 5 July - OPEN
• Saturday, 8 July - OPEN
• Wednesday, 12 July - OPEN
• Saturday, 15 July - **CLOSED**

We’ve got a brand new toy in the library for our Paw Patrol fans!
Check out this Megablocks set that can be built into the PAW patroller or the pups’ iconic headquarters. Comes with 4 pups and compatible with Duplo. For ages 3+

Time to introduce you to some of our new toys!

Say hello to the Hape Sunny Valley Adventure Dome (Toy #251). This toy is an all-in-one, 3d dome magnetic maze for 2+years.
“Lily the bird's job is to wake up Sunny Valley! Use the magnet in her beak to drop beads into the slides and other features under the dome."

Thanks to the Lotteries Commission for making this purchase possible. 🚀💫

If you’re coming to Creekfest this Sunday 2nd April, come on by our stand in the kidszone and say hi 👋!

Announcing a trial Dunedin City Toy Library evening session next week just in time for Easter holidays🐣!
✨ 6 April, Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm. ✨
Drop off those toys that the kids have started to ignore, and get some fresh toys just in time for the Easter holidays!

This trial evening session will replace our regular sessions next week, so please take note of Easter hours:
• 1 April, Saturday, 10-11:30am: OPEN
• 5 April, Wednesday: CLOSED
• 6 April, Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm: OPEN for a one-off pre-Easter Holidays evening trial session.
• 8 April, Easter Saturday: CLOSED
• 12 April, Wednesday, 3:15-4pm: OPEN

Open again tomorrow 21st January. We look forward to seeing you all and hope your break has been restful and full of fun family times.

Last session today before we close for the holidays. Back open 21st January

If you are looking for something to do with your family this afternoon the Valley Baptist Community Centre (where toy library is) is having its Christmas party from 1-3pm - extended family and friends welcome - Santa will be there too with a little something for the kids.