The Big Toy Swap
The Rediscovery Centre has teamed up with Jiminy Eco Toys to create the largest sustainable toy festival ever seen in Ireland: the Big Toy Swap! As part of the Big Toy Swap, Jiminy and the Rediscovery Centre are running 100 fun and interactive workshops for primary schools and youth groups across Ireland.
The hands-on workshop involves:
The workshop links with the curriculum in a range of subjects including Science, Maths, and Geography, and is suitable for children of 3rd to 6th class ages.
We’re delighted to offer these workshops at a special subsidised rate. The package includes 2-3 workshops at €80 each, held for different classes on the same day. If you represent a small school, you can contact another school nearby about the project, and we can facilitate a workshop at each school.
The hands-on workshop involves:
- Games, activities and discussions
- Exploring hands-on toy repair
- Brainstorming clever ways to rehome used toys
- Planning your very own Big Toy Swap!
The workshop links with the curriculum in a range of subjects including Science, Maths, and Geography, and is suitable for children of 3rd to 6th class ages.
We’re delighted to offer these workshops at a special subsidised rate. The package includes 2-3 workshops at €80 each, held for different classes on the same day. If you represent a small school, you can contact another school nearby about the project, and we can facilitate a workshop at each school.
When schools sign-up to a workshop, they commit to hosting a Big Toy Swap, joining schools and groups all across the country in the largest sustainable toy festival ever seen! Their Big Toy Swap can be with a club, a class, a school or a community, no event is too big or too small! The goal of the Big Toy Swap is to provide a fun and sustainable way for children and families to refresh their toy collections without spending money on new toys, and at the same time to reduce waste by giving unwanted toys a new home.