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 💛

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.