Toy Making Experience Day for Schools
Our Toy Making Experience Day gives pupils the opportunity to surprise themselves with what they can achieve through a focused, hands-on making experience.
Delivered directly in your school, this immersive workshop introduces children to toys from the past before guiding them through the complete process of making their own wooden toy, which they take home at the end of the day.
Designed to support the National Curriculum, the session combines practical craft skills with historical context, encouraging pupils to think about how toys have changed over time and what this reveals about everyday life in the past.
Hands-On Toy Making Workshops
Each workshop lasts approximately two hours and allows pupils to follow a clear, structured toy-making process from start to finish.
Every child is fully and individually involved in making their own toy, working at their own pace with close supervision from our experienced session leaders. Pupils will safely use a small range of hand tools and techniques, including hammering and assembling, in a carefully controlled and supportive environment.
The focus on individual making helps children develop concentration, fine motor skills and confidence, while experiencing the satisfaction of completing a physical object themselves.
Our toy making workshops are suitable for children aged 4 and upwards and are carefully adapted to suit the age, ability and learning needs of each class.
National Curriculum Links
The Toy Making Experience Day is a rich cross-curricular workshop, supporting several areas of the National Curriculum, including:
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Design & Technology – making a functional product using tools and materials
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History – understanding aspects of everyday life in the past
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Science – exploring materials and simple forces through practical experience
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Art & Design – developing creativity, form and finish
The workshop also supports wider learning skills such as independence, focus, perseverance and pride in achievement, making it ideal as a topic hook, enrichment day or end-of-unit experience.
Toy Museum and Handling Collection
IMPORTANT UPDATE!
We're making some exciting changes to our Toy Museum and Handling Collection.
As part of these improvements, our current Toy Museum and Handling Collection is temporarily unavailable while we prepare an exciting new resource for schools.
We're putting the finishing touches to a brand-new collection of traditional toys that schools will be able to purchase as a reusable teaching resource, allowing it to be enjoyed by future classes year after year.
We expect to launch the new collection before the start of the Autumn Term 2026, so please watch this space for further updates.
Ready to Start your Toy Making Adventure?
Click the button below to send us your enquiry and book your Toy Making Experience Day. We’ll be happy to discuss dates, group sizes, and how the day supports your KS1 history curriculum.
Workshops in Schools
