Which wooden toys are best? Hands-on play develops a child’s imagination, eye-hand coordination and conceptual skills—and nothing says hands-on play better than wooden toys. Toys made of solid wood ...

Ever consider building easy homemade toys for the holidays? You probably already have the odds and ends necessary to make these three classic playthings. The cab of our hand-cranked crane is formed by ...

This bag of nine painted wooden animals is the perfect grab-and-go toy for places where you might need to entertain a baby or ...

LITTLE ROCK — Give a little boy a homemade toy and he probably isn’t going to be very happy. But give the boy a wooden disk, a drill and some string and show him how to make a buzz saw, and watch what ...

Ten years ago, when people came into the Toy Chest in Nashville, Indiana, they would often gravitate toward loud, bright toys and ignore the quieter ones. Back then, “I would get a lot more, ‘Oh, no, ...

Kuna resident and columnist Zeke Corder made wooden toys over the summer and fall with the intent of donating them to Toys for Tots. However, Corder said, Toys for Tots can accept only packaged toys ...

Kenilworth Junior High School seventh-grader Roma Marquardt knows he could have spent his Wednesday afternoon lounging at home, playing video games. Instead, he was in the school woodshop, bent over a ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Over 40 handmade wooden toys are being donated as part of a holiday giving effort hosted by the Family and ...

Maybe it’s the nostalgia talking, but there’s something special about wooden toys for toddlers — they’re timeless, sturdy and absolutely charming. When my kids were younger, they played with their ...

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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – Some holiday gifts are meant to last a lifetime. Volunteers delivered hand-made wooden toys to the Family and Children’s Center Thursday morning. The toys will go to kids in ...

Toy donations are happening all across the region to make sure every child has a joyful Christmas morning, but one organization is hard at work handmaking those ...