Gisborne Toy Library

🎉🌏 WORLD PLAY DAY is TOMORROW! 🌏🎉

To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with Bevan for Breakfast on MORE FM to give away a fun, play-inspired prize! 🧸🎲🚂

Make sure you’re listening to More FM tomorrow morning for your chance to WIN! 📻✨

Haven't heard about us before? Check out our Gisborne Toy Library page 💚

⭐️⭐️NEW TOYS HAVE ARRIVED! ⭐️⭐️

We are so excited to share that a whole bunch of brand-new toys have just landed at the Gisborne Toy Library, and they are ready for some playtime action!

We know how much our members love seeing new items on the shelves, and we can’t wait to see these out in the community.

⭐️ A Huge Thank You! ⭐️

This massive drop was made possible thanks to a very generous grant from the ✨️Potter Masonic Trust✨️. We are incredibly grateful for their support of our mission to provide sustainable, varied, and affordable play for all tamariki in our region.

The best part? There are still even more toys on the way! Keep an eye out over the coming weeks as we continue to add to our collection.

Come visit us and be the first to borrow them:

• When: Thursday & Saturday,
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (TODAY!)

• Where: 91 Innes Street

See you at the library! 🥳✨

🧸 The "Sad Toy" Pile is Growing – We Need Your Help! 🚗

We have a bit of a situation at the Gisborne Toy Library. Our "Missing Parts" pile is steadily growing, and it’s making our shelves look a little lonely.

Did you know that when a toy is returned with a piece missing, we can’t put it back out for hire? These toys have to sit "unloved" on the back shelf behind the desk until they are complete again. We want to get them back into the hands of our tamariki, but we need your help to make that happen!

How you can help:

🥰 Found a stray piece? Even if it’s just a tiny block, a puzzle piece, or a plastic animal—if it belongs to the library, please, please, please return it! No judgment, no stress; we are just thrilled to have the toy whole again. 💃

🗑 Think it’s gone for good? If you’ve searched high and low and think a piece is truly lost, please let us know. Instead of the toy sitting in limbo, we can try to figure out a way to make it work without the part or find a replacement. 🤔

🚘🙋‍♀️ Can’t make it in? If you’ve found a piece but can’t get to us during our Thursday or Saturday hours, just send us a message! One of our amazing volunteers will happily work out a way to get it from you. 🫡

We want these toys back on the shelves being played with and loved!

Thank you for being such an awesome community and helping us keep the "shared economy" thriving here in Gizzy. 🌍

Ngā mihi,
The Gisborne Toy Library Team 💛

Hi everyone,

Just a quick reminder that the Gisborne Toy Library is closed today, Saturday, April 11th.

We hope the weather isn't as bad as predicted and that you all keep dry and safe!

All the very best,
The Gisborne Toy Library Team