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Wooden Dress Mannequin #TLF101 Dollhouse Miniature $7.50 |
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One Dozen Miniature (3/4″) Wooden Flower Pots/Wood Turnings/Shapes/Cutouts $0.99 |
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Miniature Taller Targioni Wooden Stacking Ring Toy for Dollhouse Miniatures $17.98 |
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Vintage Very Nice Miniature Wooden Cupboard, Doll’s Furniture $119.99 |
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Miniature Taller Targioni Wooden Recorder Instrument, Box: DOLLHOUSE Miniatures $55.95 |
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6 Pcs Dollhouse Miniature Japanese Food Wooden Circle Plate Across 4.2 cm. $13.25 |
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Miniature Taller Targioni Extra Sturdy Wooden Bucket: DOLLHOUSE Miniatures $19.98 |
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Vintage Concord Miniatures Wooden Kitchen Cabinet $6.99 |
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Vintage Concord Miniatures Wooden Kitchen Cabinet $6.99 |
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Vintage Concord Miniatures Wooden Chair for Dollhouse $6.99 |
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Vintage Concord Miniatures Wooden Corner Cabinet $6.99 |
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Vintage Concord Miniatures Wooden Kitchen Cabinet $6.99 |
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Vintage Concord Miniatures Wooden Kitchen Cabinet $6.99 |
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Concord Miniatures Wooden Stove for Dollhouse $5.59 |
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Dollhouse Miniature Pink and Green Iris in wooden pot $9.25 |
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Dollhouse Miniature Orange, Yellow & White Iris in wooden pot $9.25 |
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4 Pieces Of Miniature Dollhouse Furniture ~ Wooden Table, Chairs & Fruit Basket $9.99 |
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Dollhouse Miniature Burgundy and White Orchid in wooden pot $9.25 |
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Miniature 1:12 scale Small Wooden Planter 2 pc set $12.99 |
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Miniature1:12 scale 2 pc Large Wooden Garden planters $14.99 |
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5 Vintage 1977 House of Miniatures Wooden X-Acto Doll House Furniture Kits $9.99 |
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Dollhouse Miniature 4 petal White with Brown speckles flower in wooden pot $9.25 |
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Dollhouse Miniature White, Orange and Green Iris in wooden pot $9.25 |
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3D LEDlight wooden warm dollhouse Miniatures&furniture $138.00 |
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Single Deerfield Door Dollhouse Miniature Wooden #6035 1/12 Scale Houseworks $17.56 |
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22 pc Dollhouse Miniature 1:12 Handmade Wooden Furniture Set: Table, Cabinet,etc $39.99 |
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Dollhouse Miniatures – Wall clock Black Wooden $3.45 |
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Dollhouse Miniatures – Wall Clock Wooden $3.45 |
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Miniature Wooden Piano Music Box $19.99 |
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Doll House Miniature Wooden BREAD BOX $1.95 |
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1:12 Scale Wooden Dolls House Miniature Accessory Dog Kennel With A Green Roof $2.82 |
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1:12 Scale Wooden Hall Table Dolls House Miniature Furniture Accessory $3.43 |
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WOODEN Miniature GUITAR $4.99 |
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Dollhouse Miniature Wooden Rocking Horse 1:12 Scale $11.69 |
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Dollhouse Miniature Wooden Kitchen Tools in Holder $3.59 |
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1:12 Scale Wooden Rake & Loose Leaves Dolls House Miniature Garden Accessory $4.69 |
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MINIATURE Dollhouse Furniture Fireplace Wooden Collectible Vintage $3.99 |
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DOLLHOUSE MINIATURE- WOODEN BOWL WITH POTATOES $0.99 |
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Miniature Vintage Wooden Doll EXCELLENT CONDITION $8.00 |
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Dollhouse Miniature Wooden Mouse Trap $3.99 |
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Dollhouse Miniature Kitchen blue wooden wall shelf with porcelain castor L404A $3.50 |
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Miniature Garden Hand Tools/3 Wooden Handles DOLLHOUSE $4.98 |
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Half Scale Corbels CLA77026 miniature dollhouse 4pcs wooden braces $5.79 |
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Dollhouse Miniature Set of 4 Wooden Hangers #D2307-25 $1.99 |
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Dollhouse Accessory Miniature Wooden Bucket for Fruits or Plants Garden Diorama $3.50 |
A Peek Into the History of Wooden Toys
All of us have memories of playing with toys. We may have been rich or poor, thin or fat, sick or healthy, precocious or withdrawn in our childhood but we all have memories of playing with toys. As children, we loved toys and this was a universal trait that bound us with all other children irrespective of race, caste, sex, religion, geographical and cultural differences. And many of us, despite reaching adulthood, still love to play with toys.
So let us take a peek into the history of wooden toys. A look back reveals that all civilizations of the past had made toys for their young ones. Since the beginning of time, the children of mankind have spent many happy hours amusing themselves with toys.
Give a child a doll or a ball and he or she will come up with a game around it. That is the reason why wooden balls- painted as well as unpainted, tops- clay, wooden or stone, toys pulled by a string, dolls and animal figurines were popular toys of the ancient world.
Today, the archaeologists have uncovered various toys from the excavations that suggest that the children of all the civilizations from the Roman Empire to the Egyptian civilizations played with toys. Apart from the toys mentioned above, children played with wooden blocks, hoops, rattles, kites, marbles and even small chariots.
The history of toys reveals that wood was the most popular raw material used to make toys. In fact, it is only in the past two hundred years that wood has lost its prime position. Till then, wood was the preferred material for making toys. The Industrial Revolution made it easier and safer for metals to be used as toys.
Wooden toys are popular for obvious reasons. Wood is very easy to mould and manipulate. All you need is a chisel and a hammer. Wood is light. You can be assured of the safety of the children if you use wood. Wood is easily available. All you need to do is cut a tree, although cutting tree is not as simple as it was in the past. Wood can be painted and made attractive without any difficulty. Wood can be shaped into objects of different shapes and sizes. Blocks and tops can be made very easily. Wooden toys are non toxic. Parents can be assured about the health of their children.
Toys were simple in the ancient times because of the absence of technology. As mankind learned to do things in new ways, it learned to make better and more complex toys as well. Wood continued to remain the favorite raw material and was manipulated in more complicated ways to come up with amusing toys for the small as well as the big boys.
18th century witnessed wooden alphabet blocks, sleds and Miniature Animals, puzzles and cars. Wooden block, as we know it, was introduced in the 20th century.
Development of new technology made it easier to mould metals and plastic into toys. However, wood has never gone out of fashion.
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