Chet Davis figures he has made about 6,000 classic wooden toys - from cars, trains and road graders to doll cradles and mini-irons and ironing boards - in the past five years. The retired Marine and ...

Some of the wooden toys made this year by the Central Indiana Woodworkers. The organization works all year to make toys for kids in need at Christmastime, and distributed more than 10,000 to different ...

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 ...

Growing up you had your favorite toys and kept them in a special place just for you. Now as an adult you see them in antique and thrift stores, on eBay and other selling sites, and you shout out, “Hey ...

HENDERSONVILLE - Between the card tables filled to the edge with handmade wooden toys, woodcrafters and nonprofit employees in holiday dress and even a surprise visit from Santa Claus, the Elks Club ...

Elves might not be able to handle the noise and the dust, but it’s Santa Central all year in Room 10 at the Wake Center. Six hundred toys are turned out in this mini factory that’s a class in ...

Sounds of saws and whirring sanders filled the air. It was nothing new for Toys 4 Smiles, which crafts wooden toy cars for children in need. What was different was the group of people at the machines.

Jamie Bowens cuts scrap wood for the toy arks and animals he makes at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin. WAUPUN, Wis. — Jamie Bowens creates toy arks filled with wooden pairs of ...

Some might consider Larry Wood a copycat. Lately, that is actually one of the biggest compliments he can receive. Wood, the chief designer for Hot Wheels, has been focused on recreating successful ...