Children's Games And Toys

Sweden
EUROPA - Old Toys
March 26, 2015
The minisheet is entitled Beloved Toys.

Costa Rica
UPAEP - Traditional Children's Games
September 9, 2009
The se-tenant pair depicts children playing with marbles and flying a kite.

Making one's own toys out of whatever is available is really creative. Boys and boats, Sweden, 1989.

Ecuador
UPAEP - Traditional Games
December 18, 2009
The stamp set depicts chaza and wooden car.

edition of 2015 under the program EUROPE - Toys



Composition Carousel is a traditional Russian ceramic toy, which is made in the village of Dymkovo in the Kirov region



Dymkovo toy has become a symbol of the region



the most famous Russian toy is Matryoshka.On many stamps the matryoshka and Dymkovo toys appear together as symbols of Russia





But the matryoshka is of Japanese origin.Japanese toy Daruma was brought to Russia at the end of the 19th century by renowned industrialist and philanthropist Savva Mamontov.



He was friends with many famous artists of Russia (a portrait of his daughter by Serov)



and presented a toy to the artist Malyutin.



Russian artist Malyutin invented the design and the toys was begin to make it in different cities of the country.

Blowing bubbles can be fun at any age. Pro Juventute 2018

Hi Alexey, Fascinating history - I'm glad I have a Matryoshka; she is only 10 centimeters tall and all together she is seven! I've had her for about 50 years, so she might be classical. I admire the craftsmanship. K.

Many folk crafts arose around the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, where icons were painted, iconostases were cut, church utensils were made.


Patron Savva Mamontov, who lived near the monastery in the estate Abramtsevo opened a museum of folk art.




Among the exhibits of the museum there are beautiful Bogorodsk toys, carved wooden figures of animals, people, moving groups and characters of Russian fairy tales.

This is the other stamp in the Pro Juventute set of 2018. Learning about gravity by building with blocks.

Good Morning Alexey, Those are gorgeous carved figures! K.

another example of art Bogorodsky carvers

one from many toy-bridge on stamps. Modell of Germany rail-way from Leipzig markt

toy road with overpass from the exhibition in Nuremberg

Aruba
Children's Games
April 29, 2019
The stamp set depicts jumping ropes, hula hoop, rim racing, and yo-yos.

Bulgaria
Children's Games
November 10, 1989
The stamp set depicts Boy with Skateboard, Girl with Ball and Doll, Girl jumping, and Boy playing with a Model Train.

Denmark
EUROPA - Toys
May 11, 1989
The stamp set depicts LEGO blocks and wooden guardsmen.