Kew Toy Library

✨ Member Review: Experimenting with Clicformers and Magformers

“My son, aged 10, enjoys fiddling with magnetic tiles while reading or watching videos, using them somewhat as a fidget toy. This leads to the creation of aesthetically pleasing geometric shapes in 2D or 3D (which also sneakily reinforces the concepts of 2D nets folding into 3D shapes).

Naturally, this eventually leads to making wearable creations or handy containers to store errant pieces.

But borrowing two sets of similar building toys poses the question: can we make the same shapes with the two sets? How are they different? Why can we do certain things with one set but not with the other? How many more pieces, and what type of pieces, does one set need to have in order to create the same structure?

Then we moved on to the experimentation phase: which structure breaks apart first when dropped from a height, and how high does that need to be? (not that I’m advocating throwing toys around!)

I wonder what questions you will find yourselves asking when you borrow these toys!”

📋 Interested in borrowing Clicformers and Magformers? You can find it in our online catalogue under toy numbers:
🔢 1768 Clicformers Basic 300
🔢 1772 Clicformers Blossom150
🔢 332 Magformers Free Play Set
🔢 2100 Magformers Beginner Set
+ many more! You can check toy availability in SETLS before you visit but we usually have a good selection of Magformers sets in the toy library and keep your eye out for our Clicformers sets.

We love seeing our community sharing their experiences! A big thank you to all of our members for taking the time to share their reviews 💛

🌭 Kew Toy Library’s Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser is coming up on Sunday 28 June at Bunnings Hawthorn!

A huge thank you to everyone who has already signed up to help — we still have volunteer shifts available and would love your support.

✅ Meet your duty requirements
✅ Support KTL
✅ Have fun with other local families

Each 2-hour BBQ shift counts as ONE membership duty, and families are welcome to volunteer for multiple shifts.

Volunteers help with food preparation, serving customers, handling payments, and keeping the day running smoothly.

Fundraisers like this help us continue growing and improving Kew Toy Library for our whole community ❤️

Interested in helping? Please email [email protected] to sign up for a shift!

🐻 Teddy Bear's Picnic Stay & Play 🧸

Join us this Thursday for a special Teddy Bear's Picnic Stay & Play session!

Bring along your favourite teddy bear, doll, or cuddly friend and enjoy a morning of imaginative play, picnic fun, and friendship. Children can share pretend treats with their special companions and introduce them to new friends.

We'll also enjoy a story read in both Mandarin and English.

We can't wait to see all the teddy bears, dolls, and smiling faces there! 🧺📚✨

🕘 9:30am - 11.30am
📍Kew Toy Library, 152 Pakington Street, Kew
😄 All are welcome
🎟 Registration required (spaces are limited - link in bio)

This session is proudly supported by the City of Boroondara Strengthening Community Grant.

🌟Learning, Connecting & Bringing New Ideas Back to Kew! 🌟

Kew Toy Library was pleased to attend the recent Training & Information Day hosted by Toy Libraries Australia and held nearby in Canterbury.

Our Vice President Paxton, Secretary Alexa, Committee Member Betty, and Coordinators Claire and Maggie spent the day learning from presentations and workshops, networking with other passionate toy library volunteers, and sharing ideas and experiences from across the toy library community.

They even came home with some fantastic prizes that will soon find their way into our collection for members to enjoy!

A big thank you to for organising such a valuable and inspiring day. 🧸📚✨

Happy National Volunteer Week!

Each year we take a moment to thank all of the volunteers that help keep Kew Toy Library running. From our committee of management to our member volunteers and our amazing team of community volunteers that are so generous with their time helping support each session and do so much wonderful work behind the scenes - we couldn’t do it without you!

This year’s theme is Your Year To Volunteer, if you’ve ever wanted to get more involved and volunteer at the toy library feel welcome to have a chat with our staff on your next visit about all the ways to get involved.

Stay & Play: What’s Cooking? 🍳🥘

Join us this Thursday for a deliciously fun Stay & Play session! We’ll be whipping up imaginative meals with our toy collection and having a whole lot of fun in the process.

We’ll also be enjoying a special story time, read in both Mandarin and English. 📚

🕤 9:30am – 11:30am
📍 Kew Toy Library, 152 Pakington Street, Kew
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All are welcome
🎟️ Registration required (spaces are limited - link in bio)

This session is proudly supported by the City of Boroondara Strengthening Community Grant.

✨ MEMBER REVIEW ✨

This is a must-borrow game if only so you can utter the words, “I hit your eyes with glaucoma, which I will then metastasise to your kidneys!” Then your opponent can say, “Well in that case, I’ll play Contagious and reflect that glaucoma back to you and hit your teeth!” There is no great strategy to this game - simply play afflictions onto your opponent’s organs and try to get rid of them before all of your organs are gone. Fluent reading ability is required. The charm lies in the funny text, cute illustrations and learning about diseases you may never have heard of. Oh, and the ability to say, “I’m going to transplant your appendix into me.”

Toy 1366, Organ Attack! Game
Recommended Age 9+

Thank you to all of our members for sharing your reviews!