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How to Make Simple Homemade Toys

The infant toy aisle is mostly a category invented by marketing — bright primary colours, plastic surfaces, and a noise on every press, optimised to l...

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How to Create Educational Toys at Home

The word "educational" is one of the most abused in the toy industry. Many products marketed as educational provide minimal developmental value beyond...

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DIY Toys Made From Everyday Materials

Commercial toy marketing creates the impression that children need specially designed, developmentally targeted products to play effectively. In pract...

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Clothespin and Button Games

The best fine-motor toy in your house is probably in a kitchen drawer. A wooden clothespin needs about two pounds of pinch force to open — right at th...

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DIY Toys from Everyday Materials: Play Without Buying New Things

Watch a toddler ignore a £40 light-up toy in favour of the box it came in and you've seen the central truth of early play. The cardboard box, the wood...

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