Trees 2 Toys

Peter Steady / Toy Maker
Once a boy who played with toys.

In today's world a lot of the toys available to parents, grandparents, relatives and
friends readily available to be purchased as gifts to be given to that special child,
lack the basic necessity, to teach and stimulate imagination.

Working on wood projects at both my home
and the homes of customers of my Handyman Business,
I have noticed how children are always interested in the scraps of wood.
They ask if they can have them and then proceed to create, with those pieces of wood.

With their imagination now simulated,they sometimes ask for a hammer and a nail,
or to have a piece cut or drilled a special way.
They never ask for anything complicated and are always satisfied
how ever it turns out.

From these experiences, I realize that the toy, who's
purpose is to stimulate imagination along with helping the child
to develop motor skills, should go no further than that.

Another concern is that the toy should not be made of pieces small enough
to cause choking.
Concerns need to be made when making a toy that even though
the older child has learned not to put everything that is seen in their mouths,
that baby brother and sister has not.

I haven't made toys in a few years , but I will be in the near future.

Last update September 29th,2005

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