TenTwenty Kids
Sustainable market toys that bring Filipino culture to playtime, handcrafted by artisan-nanays from upcycled fabrics.
Shop TenTwenty KidsTenTwenty Kids is doing three things at once: teaching kids about Filipino culture, keeping deadstock fabric out of landfill, and paying fair wages to the women who sew every piece. That's a lot to carry. They carry it lightly.
Fast Facts
From Textile Waste to Tinda-Tindahan
TenTwenty Kids started with a pile of leftover fabric and an uncomfortable question: why does the cycle of textile waste just keep going? Rather than look away, the founders built a brand that turns cut-offs and deadstock into something worth keeping: handmade toys that will outlast the trends that created the waste in the first place.
We create sustainable and handmade toys that celebrate the creativity of kids and the craftsmanship of Filipinos, while providing jobs for marginalized women.
The brand's signature is its Merkado collection — a range of market-themed play sets modelled after the Filipino palengke. A Something Fishy Set with fabric bangus and galunggong. A Gulayan overflowing with cloth vegetables. A Mini Bayong handcrafted by the Weavers of Aklan. The word tinda-tindahan — that universal childhood game of playing store — runs through everything they make. These aren't generic toys with a Filipino sticker applied. They're built from the inside out.
Every TenTwenty toy passes through the hands of what the brand calls their Artisan-Nanays and Ates — mothers and sisters who bring real skill and real livelihood to each piece. The social enterprise model is not a footnote. It is the whole point. Buying a toy means buying into a supply chain that actually benefits the women who make it.
Why We Featured Them
What Makes TenTwenty Kids Different
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Waste Becomes Wonder
Every toy is made from deadstock fabrics and textile cut-offs — materials that would otherwise end up in landfill. The upcycling isn't marketing language. It's the entire supply chain.
02
Play as Cultural Education
The Merkado collection puts the Filipino palengke in a child's hands. Fabric fish, cloth vegetables, woven bayong: tinda-tindahan reimagined as a way to pass culture down, one play session at a time.
03
A Livelihood, Not Just a Label
TenTwenty is a social enterprise that provides jobs for marginalized women. Every Artisan-Nanay and Ate who makes these toys earns a living doing it. The social mission is not a side note — it's the whole reason the brand exists.
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