Maybe it’s the nostalgia talking, but there’s something special about wooden ... how simple, versatile toys foster creativity, sensory development and motor skill development in toddlers.

You don’t need to be particularly crafty or own a hot glue gun to start making toys for your kids – some of best toy ideas are the simplest too. All of our ideas below are not only simple but ...

Todays toys for toddlers are more sophisticated ... I don’t mean the fashion for grey and ‘beige’ wooden toys either, I mean REAL materials and simple to use toys and apparatus.