Local Maryland Wooden Toy Brands
Made in Maryland — For Marylanders by Marylanders
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(01) Mike B. Toys
Mike B. Toys is a Mechanicsville, MD maker of well-crafted handmade wooden toy trains and firetrucks.
Starting with top-shelf red oak lumber and walnut wood accents to demonstrate woodcrafting mastery — and finished with natural beeswax — their top-quality classic hardwood toys proudly carry a Made in USA label.
(02) Kitsville
Based in Gaithersburg, MD — the Kitsville team is composed of makers, engineers, and scientists — combining thin wooden panels with electronic and motorized parts to spark curiosity through DIY kits for STEM learning.
Following instructions to assemble parts in working order — their most popular STEM kits include a wooden walkie talkie system, a robot vacuum resembling the Roomba, a self-powered solar panel school bus, and a bubble machine piecing wood and bubble fluid in one, and several quirky wheeled insects and animals animatronic with motorized wheels.
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(03) Bebe Blocks
Specialized in photorized wooden photo blocks and toys, Bebe Blocks photoshops a true photo of a family member into a playful design then adheres it onto a wooden toy or decoration.
From Salisbury, MD — Bebe Blocks create uniquely personalized playtime products — from building blocks to push vehicles toys — a toy adorned with a familiar photo makes for extra engaging play!
(04) Siam Mandalay Puzzles
Siam Mandalay Puzzles is a Baltimore, MD maker of complex interlocking wooden puzzles, perplexing wooden brain teasers, and participatory table games for adults and teens.
Their snake cube puzzle incorporates 3D Tetris-like shapes that only form a cube when properly arranged. More advanced brain teasers — like ascher, hidden passage, and city challenge are intricately engaging — new and unique interlocking puzzles to learn and solve.
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(05) Homegrown Toys
Homegrown Toys’ homemade wooden toddler and children’s toys take Montessori principles and add their own Baltimore, MD flair. From stacking rainbows to loose parts to kid’s games — it’s open-ended toys brightly painted in rainbow and pastel color schemes!
(06) Craft Supply House
From Mount Airy, MD — Craft Supply House is a supplier of both 2D and 3D wooden and paper mache loose parts — used for crafting or sensory play.
Their broad selection of plain craft pieces make the perfect wooden canvas to paint to your heart’s content — with unusual shapes like beehives and ghosts from wood — and elaborate shapes like sharks and jack-o-lanterns from paper mache.
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A Maryland Toy Making Time Capsule
- Arch Murray’s Western Parts — Until some time before 2025, Arch Murray’s Western Parts was an Amish maker of solid hardwood ride-on wagons, rocking horses, and rocking motorcycles.
- Winter Woodcrafts U.S. — Until some time before 2025, Winter Woodcrafts U.S. was an Aberdeen, MD shop for creative peg doll craft activities as cute-as-could-be. Both adorable and instructable — each peg doll painting kit included with tracing lines on unpainted pegs to beginners follow along.
- Handcrafted By Megan B — Until before 2025, Handcrafted by Megan B offered an awesome selection of handmade wooden craft parts and laser-cut wooden blanks. It was an Elkton, MD maker of little shapes for holiday painting activities.
