Why Make Wooden Toys? About Wooden Toy Plans

All who build a wooden toy will have reasons personal to them. All will tell you how much fun they have making these items. If you have children of your own or nephews, grandchildren etc. you could gain even more enjoyment by involving the child in the fun.

The number of wooden toys is almost infinite, as well as giving much joy to their young owners they can also be of an educational nature. Games like dominos can help with counting skills and simple blocks with numbers, letters, or pictures can be of enormous benefit to young expanding minds. Puzzles can help with coordination and shape recognition.

Most wooden toy plans are designed with younger children of 2 - 5 years in mind, however a growing number of plans are for kids of 6 years plus. Some of the more elaborate model type toys might appeal to children of over 9; and if we are honest we will gain a great deal of happiness 'helping' youngsters to play with toys that often hold happy memories of our own childhood!

Some of the more elaborate toy designs are very often built with the purpose of becoming display pieces; especially bigger toys such as trucks and cranes or dollhouses. Even smaller toys often find their way on to the edge of book shelves or window boards.

Educational type toys are so numerous that it would be impossible to discuss them all here, so we will cover just a few. Toys in the form of building blocks or even interlocking style toys like Lego, although fairly complex to make, are very worthwhile. Some puzzle and game type wooden toys will take careful use of fret or band saws or similar tools, but they will last for many years and give hours of enjoyment.

Wooden toys often attract substantial sales prices, many people who have started out making a few toys as DIY projects find them-selves receiving requests or commissions from other people will to pay high prices to own a beautiful masterpiece.

A significant first step to building wooden toys is to obtain some books about making wooden toys and a few good plans. Then choose a modest project to start off with and build up to something more elaborate. Take your time, especially with the finishing work and you will have toys that might stay in the family for generations.