Book Reviews

How To Make Wooden Farm Toys

September 6, 2012

I’m a sucker for wooden toys. In my mind, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing a child play with a toy you handcrafted. Kurtis Foote, of Just Build Stuff, published a scroll saw book How To Make Wooden Farm Toys. Farm toy patterns are hard to come by, so I was pretty excited to [...]

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Scroll Sawing Egg Roller Toys

September 26, 2008

I wanted to end the week with a book review that got me started on this folk toy kick. I recently got Scroll Sawing Egg Roller Toys by Doug Turner. Don’t look for it on your bookstore shelves, because you can only find it online. This is a self published 44 page ebook with detailed [...]

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Making Toys That Teach

May 21, 2008

My son is getting to the age where he wants to play with more interesting toys. I’m getting to the point where I want to make those toys for him. There is no greater satisfaction than having a child enjoy a toy created by your own two hands. Last week, I bought Making Toys That [...]

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Fantasy & Legend Scroll Saw Patterns

February 14, 2008

I’m a sucker for the fantasy genre. I love wizards, dragons and evils that must be vanquished by a group of unlikely heroes. Naturally, I’m always on the lookout for fantasy based scroll saw patterns When I came across Fantasy & Legend Scroll Saw Puzzles, by Judy and Dave Peterson, I knew I had to [...]

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