Cam Mewn Amser

Toys Past and Present

"Let's say..." You are Timmy and you are 8 years old. You live in a beautiful house in the village of Llanasa with your mum and dad. The house has been in your family for many generations. 

The house is having some work done to it soon so it is time to help mum and dad clear out the attic!

Let's get the ladder and a torch and head on up into the attic. Watch out for the cobwebs! You are exploring the attic, you can see lots of boxes and old household items. Stop! You have just heard something scurrying across the floorboard in the corner of the attic. You shine your torch to find out where the noise came from but something catches your eye. A box, all alone. I wonder what is inside it?

You take the box downstairs and you open it in the living room with your mum and dad.

Inside the box there is an old toy, it has;

Dark brown ears. It has two brown eyes. It has a long white nose with a black tip. The body is stretched, with spots of different brown colours on it. In the place of its tail, there is a coil that points straight upwards. At the tip of the coil, there is a green ball. 

But it only has three wheels!

From this description, can you draw the toy?

From the discovery of the broken toy, the pupils of Dosbarth Mesen wanted to make their own wooden toys. We listened to their choices and it lead to use creating a woodwork area. The children had an opportunity to make their own toys. This experience was extremely exciting! The children planned out their toys in their project books and once their toy was complete, they write instructions on how to make their toy.

Have a look at the toys that were produced.