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Making Inventive Wooden Toys

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Making Inventive Wooden Toys: 33 Wild & Wacky Projects Ideal for STEAM Education. Author, Bob Gilsdorf

Making Inventive Wooden Toys is filled with high-octane, exciting, and slightly wacky toys for kids and parents to build together! These creative projects combine ingenuity and woodworking with real-life lessons in science, technology, engineering, art, and math-aka STEAM.

Have fun building 33 easy-to-make wooden action toys like these that can do extraordinary things:

  • Easy-to-make wooden action toys and games that whiz, spin, pop, and fly
  • Step-by-step instructions, detailed patterns, color photography, tools and materials lists, and instructions for using the finished toy
  • Beginner-friendly advice with toy-making basics, time saving tips, and how-to advice for working with small children
  • Engaging family activities for children and parents to complete together

Some of the projects include:

  • Desk Top Rocket
  • Anti-Gravity Box
  • Ping Pong Ball Explosion
  • Gator Snap
  • Horizontal Wheel-Top Racer


ISBN 978-1-56523-948-7

Paperback, 184 pages