An upcycled robot toy created from pieces of discarded toys and an electric toothbrush. The face and body are made from small circuit boards that were in toys. Fort Collins, CO. Photo ©liztufte.bsky.social

An upcycled robot toy created from pieces of discarded toys and an electric toothbrush. Fort Collins, CO. Photo ©liztufte.bsky.social

We're Frankensteining old toys into new creations. It's revolutionary to give broken things new life, especially when we do it together. We're rethinking the value of all the stuff we throw "away" into landfills and oceans—while having fun!
#WackyWednesdayArt #Upcycling #ToyJam #JunkArt #Community

Photo of a toy robot with a red, yellow-eyed doll attached at the top. It has 4 arms and a decal on the front: "Scoot 02"

Photo of two toy mashups. One is Hello Kitty with red arms out, wearing a pink bauble for a dress and red shoes. The other one is a black body of a 4-legged animal like a dog with a blue eyeball for a head and a black mane.

We've been giving rescued toys new lives at community toy jams. Meet a few of our strange little friends.

#WackyWednesdayArt #ArtYear #ArtShare #ToyJam #upcycledart #craft #photography #creativereuse #diy

Photo of a Mickey and Minnie Mouse toy. They're driving a bright red convertible, and they have big eyelashes painted on their faces. A little umbrella made from holographic paper sparkles above their heads.

Minnie and Mickey are all dressed up and ready to go to Canada!

#WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWednesday #UpcycledArt #ToyJam

Chuck, a yellow plastic Angry Bird figure on wheels, sits outside on a rock. Curly purple pipe cleaners form a headdress and a tail on this upcycled toy. Two glue-bottle tips are attached like breasts, and he wears a blue wooden puzzle piece on his chest like a shield.

View of the yellow Angry Bird's tail. It's a curly purple pipe cleaner with a black plastic spider attached to the end. More curly purple pipe cleaners surround the toy's head.

Side view of Chuck, a yellow plastic Angry Bird figure on wheels, sitting outside on a rock. Curly purple pipe cleaners form a headdress and a tail on this upcycled toy. Two glue-bottle tips are attached like breasts, and he wears a blue wooden puzzle piece on his chest like a shield.

Anger Mgmt Kit
Chuck gets ready to fly to the WH from Bird Island. He grows purple Medusa hair and tries to shake a black widow off his tail. Fast and furious, he’s on a mission to stop the pigs and save the poached eggs!

#AngryBirds #WackyWednesdayArt #UpcycledArt #ToyJam #TrashArt #ArtYear

A little plastic Snoopy doll drives a strange vehicle scrapped together from discarded toys. He wears a blue pom-pom for a hat and sports flower-shaped blue plastic wings.

Snoopy is ready to travel. I think he's headed for Canada.

#WackyWednesdayArt #ToyJam #UpcycledArt #StreetPhotography

Photo of 3 Matchbox vehicles with various critters and objects glued onto them.

Toy Jam! It's so much fun to rescue discarded toys and turn them into weird new things. #WackyWednesdayArt #FoundObjects #ArtYear #smARTist #ToyJam

Glow-in-the-dark angel figure with wings and a sword, reflected in a mirror at night.

A plastic glow-in-the-dark figure has been transformed into an angel with wings and a glowing pink heart, holding a magic wand. The angel stands on a metal jar lid, thanks to magnets on the bottom of its feet.

Here’s a little angel to light the way.

#WackyWednesdayArt #StreetArt #UpcycledArt #ToyJam #BlueskyPhotography

Photo of a person's hands holding an upcycled art doll created from a mashup of a rubber Dory and a plastic figurine holding a basket of colorful treats. Made last summer at a community toy jam.

We can have more than 2 dolls when we make our own!
#WackyWednesdayArt #ArtYear #smArtist #UpcycledArt #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse #ArtShare #DIY #CreativeResistance #ToyJam

Toy Jam WIP: The head of a rubber duck is attached to the body of a black plastic spider with red toenails at a toy jam in Fort Collins, CO

WIP: The critter is attached to a round wood platform. A pink curly plastic straw adds an arch over the back of the duck-spider. A piece of a white pipe cleaner has been added as an antenna.

Doomscrolling antidote: make weird stuff and keep old toys out of the landfill. 😊

#WackyWednesdayArt #WIPWednesday #upcycledart #ToyJam

An angry bird toy on wheels with curly purple pipecleaners for hair and tail sits on a rock outside. A black plastic spider bounces on the end of the pipecleaner tail. The tips of two glitter-glue bottles make pointy breasts, and a blue wood puzzle piece is stuck on the chest.

Don't mess with an Angry Bird Frankenstein on wheels.

#WackyWednesdayArt #ToyJam #upcycledart #creativereuse #zerowaste #artshare #photography #toys

Photo of an upcycled plastic glow-in-the-dark figure with wings. It sticks to a black metal jar lid with magnets on it's feet, and holds a sparkly wand. A pink heart shines on its chest and a green crystal bead is attached to the top of its head. A brick wall is the background.

Upcycled glow-in-the-dark angel figure is reflected in a mirror in a dark room.

This glow-in-the-dark angel appeared at a recent #ToyJam

#WackyWednesdayArt #photography #UpcycledArt #WIPWednesday #Reflections

A red plastic toy convertible car sits on a wood table. Driving the "Hot Doggin' Hot Rod" -- based on a 1929 Ford Roadster -- are Mickey and Minnie Mouse, painted with exaggerated eyelashes. Minnie wears a little red hat with tiny gold decorations. Mickey wears a multi-colored metallic bow on the head. The base of a green lamp is in the background.

"Let's go for a ride," said Michael Theodore Mouse & Minerva Eliza Mouse.

#MickeyMouse #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWed #UpcycledArt #JunkToys #ToyJam #BlueSkyPhotography

Frontal photo of a robot doll created from parts of broken toys, with small computer parts for the head and body. An electric toothbrush head arm is outstretched, as if the character is hitchhiking.

Rearview photo of a robot doll created from parts of broken toys, with small computer parts for the head and body. An electric toothbrush head arm is outstretched, as if the character is hitchhiking.

What to do with all the little computers inside broken #toys? Give them new life! This was created at a recent #community
#ToyJam

#upcycledart #junktoys #WackyWednesdayArt #creativereuse #diy #handmade #art #blueskyphotography

Photo of an upcycled toy mobile: a clear plastic toy car, a round blue plastic clip, and a disco-ball keychain hanging on green-and-blue-beaded fishing line.

Brainstorming: #Upcycled #toys show up in public places. Pics are posted as the toys are discovered & moved to other locations.

Your thoughts?

#WackyWednesdayArt #ToyJam #UpcycledArt #ArtYear #CommunityArt #IRL #StreetArt

A weird little object sitting on a table, made from parts of broken and discarded toys. The top part is a red character with bugged-out yellow eyes, a big open smile, and arms outstretched. The bottom part is a silver tank with black bendy arms and silver fists. A decal on the front: "SCOOT 02" and the symbol for nuclear radiation

From a pile of discarded #toys, a new little friend comes into being. What shall we call this critter? (Made at a #ToyJam by an anonymous creator)

#WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWed #upcycledart #craft #blueskyphotography #photography #creativereuse #diy #handmade #art

A star-studded red, white, and blue pinwheel twirls on top of a blue toy car. On top of the pinwheel, in the center, twirls the upper half of a small action figure doll with fists upraised, holding a megaphone. The anonymous artist is holding the toy up for photographing.

Broken #4thofJuly toys were Frankensteined into something new and weird at a recent #ToyJam

#WackyWednesdayArt #SensoryArt #Celebrate #StreetPhotography #upcycling #junkart #blueskyart #blueskyphotography

An upcycled Hello Kitty doll wearing a pink sparkly Christmas-tree ornament for a dress raises pink arms in greeting. She stands next to a black sparkly cyclops critter.

These two #upcycled #dolls are ready for a night on the town. They were born at a #community #toyjam

#WackyWednesdayArt #JunkToyArt #StreetPhotography

LOVE Sign by bootles Bullet hell pattern toy

Recently, I made a bullet pattern game for #toyjam ! It's free and playable on the browser!
a-bootles.itch.io/love-sign

I made a little rope physics toy for the #toyjam and you can try it on itch 😊

You can create ropes with different subdivisions, cut, pin and move them 😁 #gamedev

This gif as a small game where you pile up stones, someone is trying to do a big tower who will end up on the ground

No need to go out to stack stones, you can now do it from home. #toyjam

Muzakotron-2k by R734 for toy jam #1 It's a groovebox. Kinda.

I made a thing for the 1st #toyjam. I makes music! You can with it (on windows). itch.io/jam/toyjam1/...
#indiedev #gamedev

Leaf Litter by funwalker You're just a little dragon frolicking in the leaves!

Hey y'all! My little toy for #toyjam is live on itch, if you wanna go check it out! I think it came out very cute. :)
funwalker.itch.io/leaf-litter

DIGITAL GARDEN by LoLoimu Garden for the online

DIGITAL GARDEN is out now !
CRAZY SEED PLANTING ACTION ! ! !
play it if u want 🍃
made for @ivysly.bsky.social #toyjam

loloimu.itch.io/digital-garden

Solace Buddies - a desktop pet toy featuring characters from Solace Inc.!

Made for #toyjam
Available on Itch:
aplovestudio.itch.io/solace-buddies

FURRY PAINTER 20XX by cronch Psychoactive Fursona Creator

Happy to reveal me and my friends' submission for #toyjam !

shoutout to @captcronch.bsky.social and @tuckvison.bsky.social who worked on this project!!

captcronch.itch.io/furry-painte...

made a second little project for the #toyjam

a segment of the random and funny things my friends have said over discord, but divorced of context

a.k.a
words i stole from my friends on discord
and noises i made in my bedroom

eyeofstormcat.itch.io/words-i-stol...

Heptaphillathonia (ALPHA) by Xeight Virtual gambling simulator

ok so i have made smth for #toyjam im not sure if it really fits? but basically its a virtual gambling idle thingy

you just roll, and maybe even not go negative

play here - x8c8r.itch.io/heptaphillat...

i will continue developing it because there are some things i really want to add

Virtual Tank '98 by Zachtoplasm A vibrant desktop fishtank.

@glassycolors.bsky.social and I finished our entry for #toyjam and you should check it

its a virtual fishtank with randomized fish you can name. Completely random colors, shapes, and sizes (They save though once you gen one).

Try it here! Reply with your fish zachtoplasm.itch.io/virtual-tank...

I guess since I can't post gifs, I'll settle for some little snips of assets from my toy for #toyjam.

Gonna finish fiddling with it in about an hour or so and give in and upload it. lol

line toy by teabow toy made in a week for toy jam #1

made a toy for toy jam #1 #toyjam #indiedev #gamedev
teabow.itch.io/line-toy