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Make your own toy!!!
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What if all the toys shops disappeared, what would you do? Earlier children used to make their own toys with materials available around them.
There are many things lying around your house that can be used to make simple toys. So just switch off your television and put on your thinking
cap. Here are a few ideas for you! |
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Matchbox Rattle |
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Yo - Yo |
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Things you need:
A thin bamboo stick
Two empty matchboxes
A pen-knife
Few pebbles
Get set go!
1. Split the thin bamboo stick into with the help of a pen-knife.
2. Insert the two split ends into the depression in each of the two matchboxes.
3. Place a few tiny pebbles inside the matchboxes.
4. Shake the toy and you can hear the rattling sound.
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Things you need:
Two circular pieces of thick cardboard (15cm in diamter)
A small pencil stub
A piece of thread (50cm long)
1. Make a hole in the
centre of each disc.
2. Fix the pencil between the two cardboard disc as shown in the diagram. The distance between the discs should be around
2 cm.
 3. Tie the thread to the pencil and wind it as shown in the diagram.
4. After tying the thread hold the free end of the thread in one hand.
5. Let the reel go down. As soon as it reaches give it a slight jerk when it almost reaches the end of the thread.
6. The reel winds and unwinds itself – and your new toy is ready!
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Source: Sudarshan Khanna 2000, Joy of Making Indian Toys,
National Book Trust, New Delhi, p 21, 86
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