Natural wooden toys - Erin Freuchtel-Dearing

Featuring over 75 patterns for wooden toys with safe, natural finishes, it's easy to get away from the plastic and mass-produced and give a child playthings that encourage creativity and imagination. Erin Freutchel-Dearing, a stay-at-home mum who taught herself how to make toys without any prior woodworking experience, shows, with step-by-step instructions, how to make cute and creative wooden toys for children using just a scroll saw, a palm sander and a drill. Explore more than 75 charming designs in Fairytale, Forest, Farm, Ocean, and City themes: Ocean wave stacker, Fairytale princess, 4-piece bunny family, 15 parent and baby animal pairs, including seahorses, cows, and squirrels, Vehicles, including a tractor, boat and airplane. Instructions on creating natural and non-toxic colourful finishes are included. Sidebars throughout the book explain how to incorporate open-ended Waldorf-style elements into your child's play. These captivating wooden toys will encourage a child's creativity by helping them set a scene with a backdrop, characters and accessories - the rest is up to them!