KC-based toy museum wants to turn your old playthings into art

That little Army man in the couch cushions or that Happy Meals toy in the junk drawer could have new life as part of a museum exhibit.

Kansas City’s National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, 5235 Oak St., is asking people to donate colorful, palm-sized toys for a two-story sculpture that is being created while the museum is closed for renovations. The sculpture is called a “toytisserie” because it will rotate in front of visitors.

Go to Pinterest to see a simulation.

Toys can be dropped off through Sept. 30 at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.; the Johnson County Central Resource Library, 9875 W. 87th St. in Overland Park; the University Missouri-Kansas City Student Union, 5100 Cherry St.;the UMKC School of Medicine, 2411 Holmes St.; and the Southtown Council, 6814 Troost Ave.

This story was originally published August 11, 2014 at 6:32 PM with the headline "KC-based toy museum wants to turn your old playthings into art."