Traditional Toys Around the World

Whenever we visit a house which has children, thethey are cheap and easily available.
things that would be shattered all over, under theThe wooden toys are designed for the school going
couch, tables, on the bed, in the lawn etc would bechildren, 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 lotThe 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 thevarious small parts of wood and the children have to
most environment friendly toys; they do not pollutefix them at the appropriate places according to their
the atmosphere when they are decomposed, unlikeknowledge of the place or guessing the place using
the plastics. The first toy that was manufactured bythe shape of the wood. This game can also be
the primitive men was the boomerang, which is aextended to be used for arranging a puzzled maze
carved piece of wood which when thrown properlyinto a correct figure given, like that of a face of a
will hit the target and return to the thrower. Thesetiger or a place etc. Some children have affliction
wooden toys became popular after it was beingtowards toys which portray army men, army
portrayed in the movie Tarzan and children startedgadgets 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 woodentoy show displayed in each and every house and you
rocking horse which allows the children to mount oncan find wide varieties of toys made of mud and
them and have fun rocking upon it. This woodenwood and are respected as deities during that
rocking toy has come in different models like afestival and they do prayers and offerings to those
rocking wooden bike, rocking scooter, rocking dog,toys.
rocking wooden swan etc. These wooden toys areNow, coming to the most interesting and intellectual
mainly used by small babies to children up to the agegame - 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 forwhich is made of plastic or polymer was originally
babies, which has an enclosing framework on wheelsmade of wood early in the 3rd century BC in Greece,
which helps the babies to balance themselves on thelater followed by Iran, Japan and China. These
floor while walking and they can have a firm grip onwooden toys had different names such as puzzle
it. These wooden toys have another advantage thatlocks, tangram puzzle etc.