How to Spread the Love with the Toy Society

Now. This is some good fun:

If you have a bit of time on your hands and some handmade softies that you can bear to give away, become a member of The Toy Society! It's like a secret society of crafty toymakers who "spread the love along the streets" around the world.

Check out Lola, the doll I "dropped" at thehandmadeproject.com

Step 1 Contact The Toy Society for Details.

Check out The Toy Society to get all of the info you need. Once you receive your email, make a cool softie or doll to donate. I suggest using one of your best protoypes so as to not suffer from too much separation anxiety. Lola, here, is a prototype. I love her to pieces, but she's not the doll that I want to sell. Over time, I've generated a lot of almost-there dolls and am happy to find The Toy Society to lighten my load.

Comments

[zolar1]

Really great idea.. I have lots of unloved toys now because of the new ones that have taken their place and for the most part I take them to Goodwill or I will ask the social worker at our school if they know of anybody that could used some greatly loved but gently used toys!

[leokinz95]

thanks so much for posting this! when i was 6 I used to walk around my parents store giving away stuffed animals i won out to babies and little kids.(when i was 7) and now i can make the toys and do it secretly!

[hippiefreak143]

this is the cutest idea ever! (:
i really want to try this now!

[Mr. Twist]

Do you live in Hawaii cuz that last pictures looks like downtown honolulu

[The Handmade Project]

Don't I wish! Austin has a nice lake though...

[rc jedi]

I used to live near northcross mall. A pic from my r/c plane over park near mopac loop 1

[The Handmade Project]

Cool! Austin's great!

[Evil Bike]

ma names austin

[monaloka]

great ideas are so simple... just like this one!
absolutely brilliant!
thanks! =D

[digitaltripper]

Wow how cool is this!! Great idea!!

[The Handmade Project]

Thanks! It's good fun!

[FreshPineSent]

I know where my kids' gifts are coming from this year.

[rc jedi]

What about the tons of toys I have already? Can I leave rescue heroes, lego, dragons, Dora, etc?

[The Handmade Project]

Lol! I have a bin with the same problem! With The Toy Society, you would have to make a handmade toy or doll, but how cool would it be to make your own Take-This-Toy-I-Can't-Stand-To-Step-On-It-Anymore! society? ;)

[devilwyrm]

sounds like the kind of thing the toysoldiers do.
tsu

it sort of a fan club for a guy named doctor steel who is a crazy toymaker.
he wants to build a playland utopia and bring childhood fun back with toys and games.

[The Handmade Project]

That's kind of a cool, crazy thing! I like the missions...

[devilwyrm]

you should sign up and make the toy society a mission. people there love this kind of stuff.

[The Handmade Project]

Cool. I'll send the word to the founder!

[ve2vfd]

Good idea! Reminds me of the folks who spread used books around on bookcrossing.com

[The Handmade Project]

Cool! I'm checking out that site right now!

[jessyratfink]

This is a cute idea. Maybe when my winter boredom kicks in and I'm sewing a lot I should do something like this. :)

[The Handmade Project]

Cool! It's just hard to let them go...

[pocketlama]

Brilliant! I've got just the softies laying around looking for homes. Great idea...

[The Handmade Project]

It was a fun time!