Christmas may be a few months away, but there is one man in Gilbert working to build handmade, wooden toys by the holidays. “I still believe there is a place for heirloom toys,” said John Shepard, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover how to build a CO2-powered wooden toy boat from scratch in this step-by-step guide. Learn about buoyancy and ...

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 ...

John and Terry Shepard invite you to their Gilbert wooden toy shop, 0 Bar 9, which will hold an open house 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Peruse the pull-toy ducks or elegant rocking horses while you ...

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, ...

Toys are big business; from births and birthdays to seasonal holidays such as Christmas, Kwanza and Hanukkah, children receive a wide variety of toys. If you're crafty with wood and have a passion for ...

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 ...

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 ...

A group of volunteers in Nevada has made 2,000 wooden toys by hand this year for children in need. JD Vance responds to ...