DROP-IN WORKSHOP: Clothes-Peg Dolls
Galway City Museum Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway, IrelandIn times past, before toys were made in factories, Irish children often made their own toys to pass the time and amuse themselves. As money was scarce, they used their imagination to recycle whatever castaway materials were to hand, natural materials such as wood, wool, straw and, even, bone. Sometimes, children would make dolls or …