What kinds of wooden toys are found in Texas? Take a look at Texas’ best wooden toy brands — Made in Texas, for Texans by Texans.
But first a quick fact! Texas’ official state tree is the pecan tree (carya illinoinensis) — yes, the one that yields edible pecans — no, not up north in Illinois.
Historically, Texas has always been wrangling with unique wooden toys. Back in the 1950s during WWII, the Mangold Toy Factory in Granbury, TX produced up to 600,000 wooden stick horses per year.
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Texas’ Top 3 Wooden Toy Companies
- (01) Wood Works – Stafford, TX
- (02) Elastic Precision – Dallas, TX
- (03) Treemagination – Taylor, TX
(01) Wood Works
A Stafford, TX workshop celebrating the timeless tradition of saving money — an it starts early in to teach children financial responsibility. The Wood Works brand’s makes wooden coin banks — from high-quality beech wood and a natural carnauba wax oil finish.
Their wooden piggy bank collection doesn’t stop at pigs — animals like elephants, lions, owls, ducks, and bears — vehicles like wooden trains, trucks, fire engines, and airplanes — and other Texas-themed shapes like guitars, cowboy boots, and the Texas state outline! Not to mention — coin banks made in every letter of the alphabet.
(02) Elastic Precision
Dallas, TX is home to one of the best darn wooden rubber band guns in the world! Elastic Precision’s wooden play handgun is made of hard rock maple with a dark walnut detailed handle and an orange barrel tip to remind you it’s a toy.
Don’t get get hung out to dry slowly reloading rubberbands each and every shot — these six-shooter wooden toy handguns — rapid-fire and semi-automatic — are ready for a make believe western show-down.
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(03) Treemagination
The folks down at Treemagination believe that nature’s imagination has no limitations. Their signature series of “Tree Blocks” are made from naturally fallen hardwood branches — cut in shapes to maintain the tree’s original beauty, hand sanded, and treated with organic child-safe finishes.
Can you “Treemagine” wooden blocks just as nature intended? Thicker branches are cut short into a flat stable surface. Thinner branches are cut long into a tall, supportive column — so you can stack them up into a storied tree building.
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(04) BC Inspirations
BC Inspirations makes very special children’s wooden rosaries — complete with a natural wooden cross and complete The Our Father beads.
Keepsake rosaries of all colors are handcrafted in Round Rock, TX from sturdy olive wood sourced from the area surrounding Bethlehem, Palestine — the birthplace of Jesus.
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(05) Once Kids
Replacing plastic building brick and action figures with eco-friendly and biodegradable wooden alternatives — Once Kids is a sustainable toys superhero.
Their Eco-Bricks are small wooden brick toys that snap together — 100% compatible with popular brands like Legos. Their Playhard Heroes wooden action figures are fully poseable with swiveling parts for action-packed play. With Once Kids special-formulated coloring pencils, kids can even doodle their very own custom designs onto the surface of the wood.
If their toymaking ingenuity wasn’t enough, Once Kids donates a small portion of proceeds to clean up ocean plastic.
Visit the Once Kids official website.
(06) Hill Country Woodcraft
Hill Country Woodcraft is a family-owned Austin, TX woodshop making wooden bowling sets — finished with organic tung oil and beeswax.
The pins are sized about four inches tall and the ball only 2 inches in diameter — a miniature play set perfect for tabletop or indoor play. The miniature skittles play set can be personalized by hand-painting a child’s name — made for you from the heart of Texas.
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(07) Joey Co.
Joey Co. is a Montessori-inspired maker of large wooden play things primarily designed to develop motor skills and balance — plus Montessori-inspired furniture to promote independence and organization with child-sized shelves, tables, and more.
Made in Houston, TX — Their climbing and balancing toys — all-inclusive with pikler triangles, balance boards, arches, cubes, and ramps — strengthen coordination and cognitive skills from an early age.
Visit the Joey Co. official website.
(08) Jupiter’s Child
Jupiter’s Child is The Lone Star State’s go-to shop for Waldorf-inspired plain wooden animal figurines and colorful jump ropes — with natural materials and eco-conscious values. The makers say it themselves Jupiter’s Child makes, “earth friendly toys that are out of this world!”
Close to the forest, their woodland animal figurines — foxes and deer, raccoons and skunks, hedgehogs and armadillos — are carved into child-friendly sizes. Colorful like the rainbow, their jump ropes are bright cotton ropes with smooth wooden handles.
Visit the Jupiter’s Child official website.
(09) Wild Oak Co.
Wild Oak Co. is a family-owned business in Huntsville, TX that creates wooden toys of all types — each with a shape or feature that makes it extra special.
Spherical wheeled animal, dinosaur, and vehicle push toys are the main attraction. Mountain, rainbow, and house shaped hardwood stacking arches are just as unique! So that each child finds their favorite — they make a classic bow and arrow play set for big kids and a wooden gem roller toy for baby — each with a unique spin.
Visit the Wild Oak Co. official website.
(10) The Happy Quacker
From Leesville, TX — a former lumber mill worker turned toymaker switched his years of industrial woodworking into toys and games at The Happy Quacker.
For children, heirloom push toys with oversized cylindrical wheels roll along like an ancient caravan — house and farm animal push toys juxtaposed with a cyber truck to keep it quirky.
For board gamers — if you’re ready to learn a new set of rules, try their modern wooden game boards — with CLPR, Hamartia, and Capture the Crown — if you’ve ever heard of them before. Classic board games remain in house — chess, backgammon, mancala, and more. (Chris N Carrie’s is another Texas maker of wooden board games to compare.)
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(11) Toy World Co.
Old-fashioned nostalgic wooden tops, whistles, and pull toys — with a caked-on glaze finish — that’ll take you back to a simpler time of lacquered toymaking. These vintage-looking wooden folk toys are handmade up to modern zero-waste standards.
(12) Timeless Wood Toys
From Bulverde, TX — Timeless Wood Toys creates lady-like wooden spinning tops like you’d find at Cracker Barrel or a vintage flea market. With maple wood, non-toxic paint, and a water based varathane wax finish — Timeless Wood Toys preserve classic appeal.
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(13) Hobby Crafters
A troupe of volunteer wooden toymakers with hearts of gold. Like Santa’s Workshop for less fortunate children, Hobby Crafters meet every week in a 9,000 square foot facility to hand-make wooden toys to be donated to disadvantaged children. Want to get involved? They’re looking for volunteers & donations!
Visit the Hobby Crafters official website.
A Texas Toy Making Time Capsule
- Wild Timber Co. — Until some time before 2025, Wild Timber Co. handcrafted Montessori- and Waldorf-inspired wooden climbing equipment — such as the pikler triangle. They offered a complete line of safety-tested indoor climbing toys that kept your youngest active from infancy through toddlerhood.
- Rootin’ Ridge Toymakers — For about 50 years from 1975 until some time before 2025, Rootin’ Ridge Toymakers was an Austin couple making toys. Although their brick & mortar shop in downtown Austin closed in 2015, they continued the craft taking orders online for 10 more years. Even better, part of the proceeds from their toy sales went on to fund wildlife habitat conservation efforts.
- TreeWells Toys — Until the year 2020, TreeWells Toys made wooden toys designed to stimulate your baby or toddler’s STEM learning early in life. With robots, rockets, and gear sets — these scientific wooden baby teethers were the perfect play laboratory for your baby genius.
- Howard & Sons Custom Designs — Until the year 2020, Howard & Sons Custom Designs made Grimm’s style rainbow stackers and Montessori-inspired letter boards made right here in Texas, USA — Howard & Sons’ toys use top-quality hardwoods and non-toxic materials — to last a lifetime.
