Local Missouri Wooden Toy Brands
Made in Missouri — For Missourians by Missourians
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(01) From Jennifer
From a Buffalo, MO homeschooler at heart who taught herself woodworking — it’s From Jennifer — creating wooden educational toys and educational materials focused on learning.
Quite the variety — from balance boards, to freestanding wooden calendars, to kids bow and arrow sets, and a true-to-school table of elements — all of her quality crafted items have a special place at home (or at school) to teach children through the power of play.
Visit the From Jennifer official website.
(02) Damhorst Toys
Since 1971 over 50 years past — Damhorst Toys has been a family-owned, American-made maker of personalized wooden children’s gifts. They claim to have invented the world’s first personalized wooden name puzzle that has four legs as a sittable stool!
From Hermann, MO — Damhorst Toys’ personalizable collection includes wooden puzzles, chairs, coat racks, blocks, and more. Especially unique are their Hebrew language offerings.
Parents shopping for their child’s first personalized wooden furniture might consider Hollow Woodworks — made in Ferguson, MO.
Visit the Damhorst Toys official website.
(03) Tumi Ishi Wood Rocks
Handmade in Saint Peters, MO, these Tumi Ishi blocks are crafted to resemble the irregular, organic shapes of real rocks — blocks for meditative balancing, rather than construction of a desired structure.
Each block is individually carved — so every piece is one-of-a-kind and no two sets are identical — gorgeous in grain in natural colors from light, reddish, and dark native hardwoods.
Sets of 7, 11, 17, or 22 blocks come with an organic cotton drawstring bag for easy storage and display. Tumi Ishi wooden balancing rocks are a unique gift for ages 2 to 99 — from the play room to the office desk.
See Tumi Ishi Wood Rocks on Etsy.
Visit the Tumi Ishi Wood Rocks official website.
(04) Whittle Shortline Railroad
Realistic collectible trains, small in size. What started back in 1997 — in a garage, in rural Kirkwood, MO — has now flourished into a world-famous family-run business with a loyal following of train enthusiasts.
Not only are they compatible with other wooden railway systems like Brio and Thomas — they are true-to-life replicas of real American railroad rolling stock — including big names like Amtrak, Metra, Caltrain, and Canadian Pacific.
Fans of Whittle Shoreline should also consider Choo Choo Track & Toy Co. — made just outside of St. Louis, MO since 1999.
See Whittle Shortline Railroad on Amazon.
Visit the Whittle Shortline Railroad official website.
(05) Timber Sprout Toys
From St. Peters, MO — Timber Sprout Toys creates wooden toys and homeschool resources for open-ended play and creative exploration. What’s most special are their many playdough stamp sets in thoughtful themes — from alphabet learners, to lifestyle and seasonal sets, and even emotions with smileys and frowns.
Their nested sensory trays — available in circle and scallop shapes — can be used alongside their playdough stamps. Timber Sprout Toys provides an ecosystem of items encouraging children to express themselves.
Visit the Timber Sprout Toys official website.
(06) Hugh Daily
The Hugh Daily brand makes wooden cooking spoons from quality hickory, walnut, and cherry woods. It’s the perfect way to serve up smiles — mixing in the kitchen to casseroles on the table.
Here’s a fun fact — the company used to be branded Detour Goods — makers of anatomically accurate wooden dinosaur toys for the true dinosaur lover. Connected by innovative magnetic joints concealed inside the wood — the dino’s body parts could be assembled and disassembled — and move freely for life-like reptilian movements.
In 2025, playworthy magnetic wooden dinosaurs are still being unearthed in Arkansas, by The Serious Toy Company.
(07) Tip Top Crafts
Tip Top specializes high-quality wooden tops — turned from fine hardwoods like black walnut or maple. Each top is fitted with a handheld string-launch system — after launch spinning for several minutes in perfect balance.
Before kids were busting blocks on Bejeweled, spinning tops were the neighborhood favorite. Let’s get back to basics, shall we? Tip Top crafts both small and large tops — for kids and adults to go head-to-head trying to spin there the longest.
(08) Three Trees Workshop
A Warrensburg, MO maker of more gameboards suitable for gradeschool kids to adults — a triangle peg solitaire game, marble solitaire, a mancala board with marbles included, a chinese checkers board — checkers, chess, and more!
See Three Trees Workshop on Etsy.
Visit the Three Trees Workshop official website.
(09) Timberworks Toys
Tomorrow’s famous architects are playing with Timberworks today. Their signature toy series is all about modular building blocks for constructing wooden block cities and buildings.
Timberworks Toys makes modular panel dollhouses and bookcases — lightweight and functional for children to fix together — modular with panels that fit together perfectly without nails or other permanent fixtures.
Visit the Timberworks Toys official website.
(10) Puppet Pets
Just as the name suggests, you’ll find wow-fully creative wooden animal marionettes, mobiles, and pull-along toys.
Marionettes — stringed wooden puppets made in St Louis, MO — are a lesser-sought item, making Puppet Pets a rare find! Before your kid’s ready to take care of a real pet, an marionette makes for make-believe practice!
Yes, a Puppet Pets marionette is made of wood! Not a cloth woven hand puppet, nor fit for your finger, nor made with felt DIY. It’s a true wooden puppet, I tell you, a marionette, animated by the puppet master and all!
(11) Shop Collin Garrity
Shop Collin Garrity is a minimalist woodworker whose creations — with utility with charm — include a repeated set of tiny penguin figurines — each one uniquely shaped and full of character, like wooden cousins to the cartoon minions from the Despicable Me film series.
More functional items include simple tri-color wooden cutlery — such as child-safe butter spreaders and herb strippers.
See Shop Collin Garrity on Etsy.
A Missouri Toy Making Time Capsule
- Nightcire Toys — Until some years before 2025, the awesomely offbeat folks down at Nightcire Toys were avid fantasy and medieval game geeks — selling wooden toy blades and stringed instruments. Not the type of things you’d find in the typical Montessori classroom — kudos for going to the beat of your own drum!
