Jump to Tutorial Grab Your Starter ToyMaker! You feel a small, sad tug on your sleeve. Looking down, you see a quivering lower lip and lowered shoulders. “Sweetheart, what’s wrong?” you ask. That sweet little lower lip steadies just long enough to squeak out: “I’m having a bad day.” Ahhh. “Remember what we said about …
Jump to Tutorial Grab Your Starter ToyMaker! Taking cute milestone pictures of a sweet and rapidly growing baby is fun! And even better when the adorable props are also educational toys that will help that little one develop fundamental motor skills. It is simple to make ‘Milestone Blocks.’ We created white Love Letters with Pastel …
Jump to Tutorial You turn the speaker on, sync your phone, and press play on the song. The lyrics begin: “I want to break free, I want to break free…” Your littles start to jump up and down: “It’s our song! It’s our song!” “Let’s dance!” you tell them. In an instant, everyone is grabbing …
Jump to Tutorial “Chips?!” you shout. “Check!” yelps back a tiny voice. “Sandwiches?” you ask. “Chhhheck!”, squeals another little one, excitedly. “Toy kits?” you ask with a smile, knowing the response it’ll bring. “CHECK! CHECK! CHECK!” a chorus of small voices yell out excitedly, punctuating each exclamation with a gleeful jump in the air. They …
Jump to Tutorial What do you get for the hippy family in your life? That’s the question you’ve been asking yourself all week. Your friends invited you to their baby’s first birthday party and the day of the party has quickly arrived. They’ve been very clear that they don’t want to fill their home with …
Jump to Tutorial You knock on the bedroom door and step in, carrying with you a mug of cocoa and some chicken noodle soup. “How’s my little trooper doing?” you ask. A small whimper squeaks out from under the pile of blankets and pillows. You place the tray down on the bedside table and sit …
Jump to Tutorial You knock on the front door of the sweet little cottage and then pull your coat a little bit tighter to your chest. It’s a cool Fall day and the first chill wind seems to have arrived at the neighborhood at the same time as you. The door opens and you’re enveloped …
Ho-Hum. Wooden Blocks are just wooden blocks. You can use any old block to make a safe toy. Right? Whoops! HOLD IT RIGHT THERE! No. No, you cannot use ‘any old wooden block’ to make a safe and playable toy. Let us explain. Soft or Hard Wood? Most blocks you can grab off the shelf …
One Kit – Unlimited Creativity We had a mathematician calculate how many different possibilities there are when creating your own toys with a ToyMaker Kit. He told us it is possible to create 1,384,481,485,012,339,624,050 different versions of just ONE toy. WOW. That’s just one toy; he didn’t even touch how many possible combinations you could …
Jump to Tutorial You look down at the sweet little face resting against your chest. Cradling the back of the neck with the crook of your elbow, you reach for that tiny little hand with your own. You place a finger on their tiny palm and their little fingers instinctively curl around yours. You let …
Do you need a unique Date Night Idea? Making toys is such a cute idea for a date night. You and your loved one will create something beautiful and long-lasting together while having deep conversations, fun ‘secrets’ for your partner to guess, and rewards when they ‘win.’ And the best part is that at the …
