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Handmade Toys
I will put this up as a thread, though I have no ideas at the moment I leave it to others to start it off.
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polgara- Posts : 3028
Join date : 2009-11-16
Age : 73
Location : Sunshine Isle
Re: Handmade Toys
Right I will start this,
Get some wood offcuts from the local wood merchant/carpenter, cut them into block size, smooth off & paint, result- nice building blocks for tots to play with.
Get some wood offcuts from the local wood merchant/carpenter, cut them into block size, smooth off & paint, result- nice building blocks for tots to play with.
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] Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think...
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polgara- Posts : 3028
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Re: Handmade Toys
My children were really lucky because their dad was great at making new toys from bits and pieces. They had a series of houses, shops and a puppet theatre made from the cartons which fridges and other white goods are packed in. (We got the boxes from the supplier - we didn't have to keep buying fridges!!)
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Re: Handmade Toys
Have been inspired...
I have found an ideal bookcase to make a dolls house with, just need some money to get a few bits and pieces like the ply...I have lots of pieces of material and wallpaper. The only thing I am not sure on is what glue to use to stick these to a melamine bookcase??
But that will have to wait as I do need some pennies and I haven't got any...
But in the meantime...I have 2 bedside units, unused and unloved....lots of pretty paint...some more pretty material...and some time....so will be making them into a cooker and matching unit
Just need to find some play food and a couple of pans cheap...they laready have plates etc that came with a tea set.
So wish me luck, hopefully it will turn out good!
I have found an ideal bookcase to make a dolls house with, just need some money to get a few bits and pieces like the ply...I have lots of pieces of material and wallpaper. The only thing I am not sure on is what glue to use to stick these to a melamine bookcase??
But that will have to wait as I do need some pennies and I haven't got any...
But in the meantime...I have 2 bedside units, unused and unloved....lots of pretty paint...some more pretty material...and some time....so will be making them into a cooker and matching unit

So wish me luck, hopefully it will turn out good!
amyw- Posts : 41
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Re: Handmade Toys
For the pans, take a good look round you. Also charity shops often have that sort of thing for a pence.
Lots of patterns for play food,
Melamine, rough it up first, but not too sure which glue.
Or put fabric/paper onto a card base & stick card base to unit with double sided tape,easy to redecorate then.
Lots of patterns for play food,
Melamine, rough it up first, but not too sure which glue.
Or put fabric/paper onto a card base & stick card base to unit with double sided tape,easy to redecorate then.
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polgara- Posts : 3028
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Re: Handmade Toys
I know of lots of crochet patterns for play food
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Re: Handmade Toys
I have problems where I can't follow patterns or any type of instructions, kind of a do not compute sort of thing
But was told that Tesco's have a massive vbasket of play food for a fiver, so when I am next in there I will grab it....and charity shops here are awful! So expensive so will hold tight till carboots 
Thanks!


Thanks!
amyw- Posts : 41
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Age : 34
Location : Nr Luton
Re: Handmade Toys
hmmm, I wonder if I should make a few Ami fruit and veg for the marketplace..
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Re: Handmade Toys
Ami fruits would be delightful. My DW makes Ami foods, and other things, too. We have an octopus on the front dash of the van currently. He so often agrees with our opinions while driving, lol.
As for the laminate, try contact adhesive. The kind you apply to both surfaces individually, then when tacky, apply together. That's akin to how laminates go down in the first place, often times.
As for the laminate, try contact adhesive. The kind you apply to both surfaces individually, then when tacky, apply together. That's akin to how laminates go down in the first place, often times.
mr_sfstk8d- Posts : 584
Join date : 2010-12-01
Age : 42
Location : Peoria, IL, US
Re: Handmade Toys
For older children, a whizzer.
Cut a circle of thick card about 3ins across, if you can use zig zag scissors so much the better.
Get kids to paint them.
When dry make 2 holes in the centre about an 1inch apart & thread a thin string through, try about 24ins join ends of string.
Put fingers through the loops twirl the string & then gently move the hands apart & then closer together so that the thing whirls around.
If the edges are zig zag then it will make a noise.
Cut a circle of thick card about 3ins across, if you can use zig zag scissors so much the better.
Get kids to paint them.
When dry make 2 holes in the centre about an 1inch apart & thread a thin string through, try about 24ins join ends of string.
Put fingers through the loops twirl the string & then gently move the hands apart & then closer together so that the thing whirls around.
If the edges are zig zag then it will make a noise.
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] Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think...
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polgara- Posts : 3028
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Age : 73
Location : Sunshine Isle
Re: Handmade Toys
And here's one I made earlier for Chilli-head Jnr:

Left over MDF and some bits of an old door to make the ladders/steps. One of those red elastic bands the postman leaves everywhere inside the front tower provides friction to hold the portcullis/drawbridge.

Left over MDF and some bits of an old door to make the ladders/steps. One of those red elastic bands the postman leaves everywhere inside the front tower provides friction to hold the portcullis/drawbridge.
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Re: Handmade Toys
That is fantastic, I bet he has fun with that 

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] Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think...
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polgara- Posts : 3028
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Re: Handmade Toys
Cracking castle, lucky lucky Chjr
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Re: Handmade Toys
WOW!
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Re: Handmade Toys
Fantastic build. I love it. Have you seen the spray paint that puts a faux marble stone finish on? I'd used it for one of the boys diorama for a school project before. Worked marvelously for the model.
mr_sfstk8d- Posts : 584
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Location : Peoria, IL, US
Re: Handmade Toys
That "finish" is just grey primer auto spray. I would have liked to have added some detailing, but Christmas was coming, and it was supposed to have been for his birthday ...
When I said "here's one I made earlier", I should confess this was quite a bit earlier - he's had it for a while now. If it isn't obvious, it is made to flat pack - the bits all slot together. Does only go together in one configuration though; if I were designing another I might try to make it have more then one "configuration" somehow, so that rebuilding it is part of the fun.
When I said "here's one I made earlier", I should confess this was quite a bit earlier - he's had it for a while now. If it isn't obvious, it is made to flat pack - the bits all slot together. Does only go together in one configuration though; if I were designing another I might try to make it have more then one "configuration" somehow, so that rebuilding it is part of the fun.
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Re: Handmade Toys
Lincoln Log style. I like it. One of the toys that got unbelievable milage through numerous kids was a box of building bricks. Not just any bricks though. These were the heaviest weight carboard blocks you could imagine, printed in faux stonework castle type, with some triangular tower cap pieces in red shingle thrown in the mix. A six year old could walk across a bridge made of these, I'm certain. Come to think of it, I believe I've seen it
. Anyway, kids always love those castle building toys. Boys have wars, girls have princesses, sometimes the other way around, lol.
We were at Hobby store the other day, and L, now six and VERY Boy, was picking out doll house miniature furnitures. I asked if he was going to get the doll house to go with it. He got indignant, "No dad, they're for the castle!"
If he REALLY wants some, we may have a new miniatures craft on our hands.

We were at Hobby store the other day, and L, now six and VERY Boy, was picking out doll house miniature furnitures. I asked if he was going to get the doll house to go with it. He got indignant, "No dad, they're for the castle!"



mr_sfstk8d- Posts : 584
Join date : 2010-12-01
Age : 42
Location : Peoria, IL, US
Stilts
Apart from making them out of wood, for younger children try tin cans.
Go to a cafe or somewhere similar & ask if they have some large tins. We used catering tins, or tins that had Marvel milk in.
Turn tins upside down & protect the cut edge with gaffer tape or even a bycycle inner tube stuck on.
Drill 2 holes opposite to each other just below what is now the top.
Measure a length of strong string appropriate to the child & thread it through the holes so you have a long loop.
Tie off & hey presto stilts.
Go to a cafe or somewhere similar & ask if they have some large tins. We used catering tins, or tins that had Marvel milk in.
Turn tins upside down & protect the cut edge with gaffer tape or even a bycycle inner tube stuck on.
Drill 2 holes opposite to each other just below what is now the top.
Measure a length of strong string appropriate to the child & thread it through the holes so you have a long loop.
Tie off & hey presto stilts.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Elenor Roosevelt
] Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think...
So take care of yourself, be Happy, Love Deeply and enjoy life!
polgara- Posts : 3028
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Age : 73
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Re: Handmade Toys
Cor that brings back memories! 

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Our destiny cannot be changed but it can be challenged:
Every man is born as many men, but dies a single one." -Timothy McGee (NCIS)
Our destiny cannot be changed but it can be challenged:
Every man is born as many men, but dies a single one." -Timothy McGee (NCIS)
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Re: Handmade Toys
Good though wern`t they?
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Elenor Roosevelt
] Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think...
So take care of yourself, be Happy, Love Deeply and enjoy life!
polgara- Posts : 3028
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Re: Handmade Toys
Great! They lasted ages!
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"Anyone can achieve their fullest potential. Who we are might be predetermined, but we should never allow our fears, or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny.
Our destiny cannot be changed but it can be challenged:
Every man is born as many men, but dies a single one." -Timothy McGee (NCIS)
Our destiny cannot be changed but it can be challenged:
Every man is born as many men, but dies a single one." -Timothy McGee (NCIS)
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Skittles
Take several plastic bottles, well washed,
put in some sand or stones or earth to make them stable,
seal the top.
A set of skittles.
Get the kids to make them, a double way of keeping them amused.
put in some sand or stones or earth to make them stable,
seal the top.
A set of skittles.
Get the kids to make them, a double way of keeping them amused.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Elenor Roosevelt
] Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think...
So take care of yourself, be Happy, Love Deeply and enjoy life!
polgara- Posts : 3028
Join date : 2009-11-16
Age : 73
Location : Sunshine Isle
Re: Handmade Toys
"Drum" snack/malted milk type tins ( like twiglets or similar) make really good money boxes when wiped out inside, painted on the outside ( Acrylics work best of all) and a slot cut in the plastic top
Compostwoman- Posts : 5688
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Re: Handmade Toys
They also make good shakers with dried beans in & taped shut.
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Elenor Roosevelt
] Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think...
So take care of yourself, be Happy, Love Deeply and enjoy life!
polgara- Posts : 3028
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Age : 73
Location : Sunshine Isle
Re: Handmade Toys
Take several plastic bottles as skittles, as per Pol's suggestion above.
Take toddler-sized child in wheeled babywalker.
hours of fun for toddler and adult alike.
Take toddler-sized child in wheeled babywalker.
hours of fun for toddler and adult alike.
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