Earthlings, there was a time not far long ago, where your children played with wooden toys. They were happy. They were able to use their imaginations with such simple toys. Especially blocks. We do not understand why this is not the case anymore. What we see today is plastic toys, painted possibly with lead based paint from China.
You can save money and have fun making wooden toys. You could bond with your child by making toys together. These toys will be more special to your child than store-bought toys.
When Drauk was young, thousands of years ago (We live a very long time, otherwise we could not travel through space through long distances), his father made wooden toys for him. That fun experience led Drauk to become a scientist. As a result of being a scientist, Drauk now travels the galaxy. Our visit here, to planet Earth, is a result of his father making
wooden toys.
Wood comes from trees.
But please do not chop down the tree in your back yard to make the
wooden toys. Go to a lumbar yard, or find scrap wood. If you are going
to paint the toys, then make sure you do not use lead-based paint. You
may not even need paint at all.
Some of the wooden toys you could make:
Wooden dog, cat, cow, horse, pig, train, boat, farm house, car, truck, desk, table, chair, dishes, giraffe, elephant, puzzles... (Meera tells me that you probably got the point by now.)
These two websites offer free wooden toys plans: Woodworking-Heaven.com or Curbly.com.
$$$ If you go crazy making wooden toys, you can sell them and make extra cash during the recession.
Making your own toys makes you green like me. The toys are natural, no factories
spewing pollution, no gasoline used to transport the toys across the planet. You are extra green if you
recycle the wood from an old piece of furniture in your garage. Happy toy making.
@UFO Master: You are a wise and frugal human. Our pet Dinky's favorite "cat toy" is a wadded up ball of paper. He will bat it around for 58 minutes at a time.
Please recycle. Use printed paper you no long need.
Posted by: Zork | December 11, 2008 at 09:06 AM
I do this for my cats. Why pay $5 for a cat toy when they are happy playing with something silly like a bottlecap?
Posted by: UFO Master | December 10, 2008 at 12:44 PM