| Whenever we visit a house which has children, the | | | | they are cheap and easily available. |
| things that would be shattered all over, under the | | | | The wooden toys are designed for the school going |
| couch, tables, on the bed, in the lawn etc would be | | | | children, in such a way that they involve their |
| toys. The toys are generally linked with children. | | | | imagination and creativity in creating something new. |
| These days? toys are being manufactured using a lot | | | | The world maps and country maps on a wooden |
| of materials like plastic, synthetic fiber, rubber, wood, | | | | board have their countries and states split into |
| mud-sand and other polymers. Wooden toys are the | | | | various small parts of wood and the children have to |
| most environment friendly toys; they do not pollute | | | | fix them at the appropriate places according to their |
| the atmosphere when they are decomposed, unlike | | | | knowledge of the place or guessing the place using |
| the plastics. The first toy that was manufactured by | | | | the shape of the wood. This game can also be |
| the primitive men was the boomerang, which is a | | | | extended to be used for arranging a puzzled maze |
| carved piece of wood which when thrown properly | | | | into a correct figure given, like that of a face of a |
| will hit the target and return to the thrower. These | | | | tiger or a place etc. Some children have affliction |
| wooden toys became popular after it was being | | | | towards toys which portray army men, army |
| portrayed in the movie Tarzan and children started | | | | gadgets etc. These toys can also be made of wood. |
| buying them from the stores to play at home safely. | | | | In South India, during the dusshera festival, they is a |
| Another example for the wooden toy is the wooden | | | | toy show displayed in each and every house and you |
| rocking horse which allows the children to mount on | | | | can find wide varieties of toys made of mud and |
| them and have fun rocking upon it. This wooden | | | | wood and are respected as deities during that |
| rocking toy has come in different models like a | | | | festival and they do prayers and offerings to those |
| rocking wooden bike, rocking scooter, rocking dog, | | | | toys. |
| rocking wooden swan etc. These wooden toys are | | | | Now, coming to the most interesting and intellectual |
| mainly used by small babies to children up to the age | | | | game - the Rubik?s cube which is a popular puzzle |
| of 5, when they are learning to sit upright and walk. | | | | that analyzes the problem solving skills of a person |
| There are also wooden walkers specially made for | | | | which is made of plastic or polymer was originally |
| babies, which has an enclosing framework on wheels | | | | made of wood early in the 3rd century BC in Greece, |
| which helps the babies to balance themselves on the | | | | later followed by Iran, Japan and China. These |
| floor while walking and they can have a firm grip on | | | | wooden toys had different names such as puzzle |
| it. These wooden toys have another advantage that | | | | locks, tangram puzzle etc. |