Natural Wooden Toys: 75 Projects You Can Make in a Day that Will Last Forever

by Erin Freuchtel-Dearing

Overview

Making fun and imaginative wooden toys on the scroll saw is child’s play with this book! Author Erin Freuchtel-Dearing, a stay-at-home mom who taught herself to make toys without any prior woodworking experience, shows how to make 75 simple and charming wooden toys using just a scroll saw and a few simple tools. Her toys are so easy to make that your children can help to create and decorate them too. Rounded corners, food-coloring finishes, and natural materials make the toys both safe and eco-friendly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565238732
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/2015
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

As a stay-at-home mom with two young children, Erin Freuchtel-Dearing’s concerns about the low level of play and imagination in many commercial toys led her to purchase a scroll saw and start making wooden toys from scratch. Her previous experience with a sewing machine made the transition to the scroll saw effortless! Erin began selling her creative, colorful, and child-safe toys on Etsy.com. Chosen from over 2000 applicants to become a part of Etsy's 25-member Second Community Council, she represents the areas of toys and woodworking. As Erin put it, “I am evidence that your typical mom with very little familiarity with power tools can learn to make simple, safe, creative, open-ended wooden toys for their children.” Her work has been featured prominently in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Parents magazine, and Lucky Kids magazine.

Table of Contents

About Us

Getting Started

Fairytale Section

*Castle

*Dragon with a Cave Stacker

*People - Princess, Prince with Horse, Knight, Jester, King, Queen, Witch

*Wands

Forest Section

*Hill Stacker

*Animal Sets - Hedgehogs, Bunny Family, Bears, Squirrel, Fox

*Tree House

*Interchangeable Trees

*Nature Stacker

Farm Toys

*Barn

*Haystack Stacker

*Farm Animals - Cows, Chickens, Pigs, Horses, Horses

*Tractor and Farm Truck

*Wands

Ocean Toys

*Sand Dune Stacker

*Wave Stacker

*Volcano Stacker

*Sea Animals - Seahorses, Whales, Dolphins, Crabs, Turtles, Fish

* Boat

City Toys

*Cityscape Stacker

*Vehicles

*Fountain Stacker

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive beginner's book for making beautiful wooden toys for children”

—The Old Schoolhouse

“An enjoyable guide to making toys to please children under eight.”

—Library Journal

“Children in elementary grades will enjoy helping to decorate these sturdy homemade toys, and members of the diapered set will delight in playing with them.”

—Booklist

“This is a really fun book that you will love… great toys ready to be made for you or for someone else’s kids”

—Shortcuts

“A great resource for non-wood workers to make simple wooden toys for children”

—Goodreads

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