Karori Toy Library

Exciting news for all the little builders in our community! 🧱 We offer a fantastic range of DUPLO sets, perfect for children aged 1-4. Whether your child is just starting out or already a master builder, we have something for everyone. Come check it out and let the creativity flow!

A very big thank you to the amazing Jasmine, Scarlett and Molly, who held a bake sale and raised $197.50 to buy these cool new toys for the Karori Toy Library.

Jasmine is volunteering her time and fundraising skills to the Karori Toy Library as part of completing the Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award through Scot's College. Local legend!

🚗🔥 Ready for some high-octane action?
Kids can line up their Hot Wheels cars and let 'em rip for near misses or total wipeouts! With over 16 feet of track featuring hairpin turns, motorized boosters, and a giant crash zone, they'll have hours of crash-and-bash fun. Comes with one Hot Wheels vehicle to get the excitement started! 🚗🔥

Available for borrowing at Karori Toy Library.

https://www.karoritoylibrary.org.nz/

We are now closed for the July school holidays. We will reopen as usual on Tuesday 23 July. See you then!

School holidays are next week! Remember to come get your toys before we close.

We are open as usual tonight (7 pm to 8.30 pm) and tomorrow morning (9.30 am to 11.30 am).

Our last session for the term will be Saturday 6 July from 9 am to 12 pm.

We'll reopen as usual on Tuesday 23 July from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm.

We are now closed for the April school holidays. We will reopen as usual on Saturday 27th of April. See you then!

Karori Toy Library is open tonight!!

🏰🚂🛴 + 🍷🍪

We are open for a special session from 7:30 to 9pm tonight. Free drinks and nibbles! Drop in and say hi.

This is a chance for you to hang out and get to know each other, and the Toy Library committee. You can let us know what toys you'd like to see more and less of.

We know you are often wrangling children when you come into the Toy Library so you don't get a chance to interact and connect in a relaxed environment. Building community is important to us, so we are putting on this session to hopefully do just that. You can also borrow toys without having to negotiate with your little people!

This event is free of charge for all members of the Karori Community Toy Library.

A wee reminder we are closed on Saturday due to the Easter holiday. Have a lovely weekend and we'll see you on Tuesday the 2nd of April :)

This Saturday is our last day of lending for the year. Make sure you come and see us between 9am and 12pm for our special Summer Lending service - where you can borrow as many toys* as you want for only $5 per toy, and you keep them for the whole summer holidays.

This includes most of the water toys, big toys, audio books, baby toys and CDs.

Summer lending starts today!

You can borrow as many toys* as you want for only $5 per toy, and you keep it for the whole summer holidays. This includes most of the water toys, big toys, audio books, baby toys and CDs.

Check your inbox for more details in our latest newsletter, or ask your librarian for more information :)

✨ Thank You Tuesday ✨

Today we'd like to thank everyone that made our birthday party on the weekend such a huge success -

✨ The volunteers and committee members that gave their time to help organise and run the event
✨ The amazing face painters Tammy and Emma
✨ The Karori Rec Centre staff for making everything run so smoothly
✨ The Nikau Foundation who funded the event
✨ The committee members that organised and ran the event
and of course:
✨ Every one of YOU from our community that attended!

Here's to another 30 years, and beyond, of the Karori Toy Library!

It's such a yucky day but we are all set up inside with soft play and a bouncy castle and face painting! Join us at the Karori Rec centre till 1130 🥳

This event is free and open to everyone in Karori, thanks to a generous grant from the Nikau Foundation.

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Phew, the school holidays are almost over! Running out of ideas on how to fill the last few days? How about joining us to celebrate 30 years of the Karori Toy Library?!

Drop in to this FREE EVENT this Saturday between 9:30 and 11:30am, for soft play, face painting, and cake! 🎈🎂🎈🍰🎈

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✨ Thank You Tuesday ✨

We would like to thank our long-term funders, supporters and neighbours at the St. John's Trust Op Shop.

Their generous funding over the years has allowed us to keep our toy collection current, with recent donations paying for a Kinderfeets balance bike and trike, a kinderboard, a Pikler triangle and ramp, several Te Reo games and puzzles, a new commercial grade bubble machine for our party pack, and several other new toys!

This year they have granted funding to put bike and scooter racks into the toy library, send our librarians on a first aid course, and add some more popular toys to the collection.

Thank you so much St. John's Trust Op Shop!

Only one week till our birthday party! We'd love to see you all there for this free event, featuring birthday cake, soft play and face painting 🎂 🛝🎨

You don't need to be a member of the Toy Library to attend our birthday party so please invite any friends with kids as well. We'd love to see everyone there to celebrate with us!

✨ Thank You Tuesday ✨

Today we would like to thank the Rotary Club of Karori for last year's grant to buy toys for older kids, to help keep the Toy Library relevant for families as their kids get older. Thanks to Rotary's generosity, we how have the following toys for primary school kids:

Leapfrog Magic Adventures microscope, Vtech DJ mixer, Sphero Indi education robot, a skateboard and safety gear, walkie talkies and a selection of other great toys - thank you Rotary Club of Karori! ❤

A reminder that tonight, tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday are your last chances to get toys before the school holidays! We are open tonight from 7pm till 8:30 - see you then :)

✨ Thank You Tuesday ✨

We would like to thank the New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT), and our local NZCT partner in Karori - The Pickle Jar.

This year NZCT kindly donated funding towards the annual wage costs of the Karori Toy Library. We employ part-time librarians to reduce the volunteering burden on families and make sure our Toy Library runs smoothly.

Grant funding allows us to keep memberships affordable and make sure the Toy Library has a good variety of open times to suit busy families. So a huge thanks to NZCT, via the Pickle Jar - check out their amazing pizzas and fab kids menu 🍕🍔🍗

Ngā mihi maioha!

⭐ Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - 2023 is on this week! ⭐

We have a range of Te Reo Māori games and puzzles available to borrow - including some new ones thanks to a generous grant from the Karori St. John's Trust Op Shop.

Kia takaro, katoa! (Let's play, everyone!)

We are starting a new weekly series called ✨ Thank You Tuesday ✨ to thank all of the amazing organisations and people who help support the Karori Toy Library.

First up - thank you to the Zac Pearson Endowment Fund (administered by the Nikau Foundation) who are proud supporters of many Karori organisations and causes, including us.

Their generous grant has paid for our upcoming birthday party to celebrate 30 years of the Karori Toy Library, with free entertainment and cake 🎂🎂🎂 We hope everyone can come along!

Ngā mihi maioha!

(For more details about the party: tinyurl.com/karoritoylibrarybirthdayparty)

Make the most of this gorgeous weather with some outdoor toys from the Karori Toy Library: we've got water play tables, sports sets, scooters and bikes - so many options to keep your kids entertained!

We are open today between 9am and 12pm so come and grab something fun to enjoy this weekend ☀️💙😁

Is this your bottle? If so, it's waiting for you at the Karori Toy Library

Good news! Karori Community Centre is back in action and so are we. We will be open for our usual Wednesday evening session tonight (7.00 pm – 8:30 pm). Hope to see you there!

The Karori Community Centre is closed tomorrow Tuesday 18 July so the Karori Toy Library is unable to run our usual Tuesday session.

Apologies for the inconvenience and any disappointment! We hope to be able to open later in the week, please watch out for updates.

KCC is closed Tuesday 18th July, while a major leak is repaired. Will keep you updated.

We are open tonight from 7pm till 8:30 - your last evening session before we close for the school holidays. See you soon! 😁🤖🧚‍♂️🛹🛝🎸🚗🩺😁

Today is your last chance to get toys before we close for the school holidays! We are open from 9:30am till 11:30 am.

Then we are closed for Easter and the school holidays and we open again from Wednesday the 26th of April between 7.00pm - 8.30pm.

This week is your last chance to get toys before we close for the school holidays! We are open:
Tuesday 12.30pm - 2.30pm
Wednesday 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Thursday from 9:30am till 11:30 am.

Then we are closed for Easter and the school holidays and we open again from Wednesday the 26th of April between 7.00pm - 8.30pm.

Don't Forget to come down and pick up some toys for the summer holidays!
The Toy Library will be closed from Sunday 11th December, and re opens again for normal lending on Tuesday the 7th of February.

Yes we’re open tomorrow
(Saturday 22 October) from 9am until midday. Pop in and borrow some toys this long weekend!

📣 New Toys 📣
Two brand new Kinderfeets balance bikes, a kinderboard (not pictured) and a Little Kiwi Toy Company Pickler frame and ramp are now available from our toy library. Thank you again to St. John's Trust Op Shop for the grant enabling us to buy these exciting new toys.