Traditional Bavarian Toys

„Bayrische Spielkarten“

The pictures above are cards for a typical bavarian game. There are 32 cards

and among them you have 4 colour-groups (“Eichel“, “Herz“, “Gras“, “Schellen“) ,

per group there are 8 different cards (7,8,9,10,Unter,Ober,König,Sau). You can

play different games with them (for example: „Watten“ or „Schafkopfen“)

Eichel Herz Gras Schellen

„Schusser / Murmeln“

taws

Draw a circle on the ground and go 3 metres away. Throw your taws at the

same time (you need at least 2 taws) and target at the circle on the

ground.

You have (to try) to throw one taw so that it stays in the circle and the other

one has to lie outside the circle. If you manage this, you can take all taws

which were thrown so far. If you don‘t manage this, it‘s the other one‘s turn.

„Puppen“

dolls

Every girl wants to have a doll. In the past, the dolls costed a lot of money

and because of that people made the dolls‘ clothes by themself. But there

was not only the doll but also doll‘s pram, doll bottle and a little bed. Every

doll had a name, there were names like Annabell, Rosalinda, Maribell etc.

„Teddybär“

teddy

Everybody knows them: Teddys! In Germany

they exist for more than 100 years. It‘s a typical

present for babies who are born .

The most famous

label in Germany is

„Steiff“.

All their teddys

have a button in

the ear.

„Schlitten fahren“

sledding In the winter when the ground is snowcapped

children often go sledding on a little hill. The

traditional sled is made of wood but the modern

sleds are made of plastic.

„Kasperltheater“ Puppet theatre

Puppet theatre is a theatre which you play with hand puppets. You invent some

stories and act it with the figures. Mostly you play it with some friends and often

you show it to relatives or parents.

„Eisenbahn“ The rail

Children and adults like to play with the

rail.

There are different

speeds, build

constructions and

always new roads.

„Kaufladen“ Shop

Little children play with a small „shop“. They pretend that they are a

shop assistant and sell small bottels of milk, sweets and plastic

vegetables for toy money.

Or they play cooking with a

little kitchen.

„Gummitwist“

double dutch

There are a lot of different kinds of double dutch. The most famous one :

R

L

R

L R

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

Actually you jump always on the same place, but it was easier to show it to you

like this.

„Schneemann bauen“

building snowman

A snow rabbit… …a snow woman

Usually you roll three snow balls with different sizes. The biggest one is below

The middle one and the smallest one should be the head of the snowman.

But you can form some other figures, too.

Das Specht Spiel It‘s a game for little children at the age of 3 – 5.

Pull the woodpecker back and let it go.The bird knocks on the pole of steal and

goes down.It‘s very fascinating for the little childs.

In the following video (next page) you can see how it works.

Der Kreisel

This is also a toy for little children. You have to take

the spiral and then push it down a lot of times. Now

the „Kreisel“ is able to circle.

This was the presentation about the typical bavarian toys.we hope you like it. Thank you for your attention!