Ever consider building easy homemade toys for the holidays? You probably already have the odds and ends necessary to make these three classic playthings. The cab of our hand-cranked crane is formed by ...

Portland, Oregon — At 96, retired painter Al Quattrocchi turns scrap wood into Christmas memories. As a one-man operation working out of his garage, he said he's made about 500 wooden toys. Over the ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Scads of hacksaws, chisels, shavers, wrenches and screwdrivers dangle from the walls in Andy Borland's workshop. Bottles of glue teeter on the edge of counters. The chests and ...

Learn how to make wood toys with thread spools, simple fasteners, cloth, and wire to make the best pull toys for toddlers that stand the test of time. Christmas (the season of sharing) isn’t really ...

JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's a pretty easy commute into work. Just steps away from his home, that's where you'll find Keith Hartman sawing and creating custom, handmade, wooden toys. "I've ...

FLINT, Texas (KLTV) - James “Kirk” Kirkpatrick of Flint is about to turn 92 years old, and he is a real-life toymaker in East Texas. He goes to his workshop multiple times a day and has made 100 wood ...

Most plastics are based on petroleum. A bio-plastic that consists of one hundred percent renewable raw materials helps to conserve this resource. Researchers have now optimized the plastic in such a ...