Wisconsin Wooden Toys

Continuing a 150-year family tradition in woodworking, John’s become somewhat of a local celebrity for his traditional wooden toys. Honestly, you’ve got to be working on wooden toys for a long time if you’ve nabbed the web domain woodentoy.com — John, you’re the king! (P.S. He makes some of the most unique wooden train cars I’ve ever seen!)

Handcrafted by a family with names that all start with “D” — DK Wood Toys add their own modern twist onto classic wooden vehicles. In particular, their minimal tractor toys are absolute eye candy — the most appealing of tractor toys I’ve ever seen.

Incredibly detailed wooden trucks, cranes, bulldozers, and more — Wood Chuck is blurring the lines between toy mantelpiece with hardwood vehicles that look like they should be treasured in a museum archive.

When you think of classic wooden toys, think Chickory! These guys started out making classic wooden trains, planes, and boats for their own kids, then turned it into a business. Goes to prove not all wooden toys are Montessori!

Remember before Flappy Bird and Bejeweled, when your kid spent his time planning how to build a derby car to with the neighborhood race? Rapid Racers is bringing the old-school boy scouts pinewood derby card into a sleek-and-modern new era.