Turned Toys: 12 Fun Projects to Create for Children [Paperback]

InTurned Toys, woodturning expert Mark Baker shows you how to create beautiful hand-crafted toys and games for the children in your lifeall while developing your skills as a woodturner. The projects range in difficulty from the cute and simple hedgehog to the detailed and complex disappearing ball trick. Other traditional childhood toys that you will learn to make include a spinning top, a lighthouse stacker, a pull-along train, and ring-turned pigs. Looking to host a proper tea party? Baker shows you how to make everything youll need to go along with it, from teacups and saucers to a teapot and all of the goodies you can think of.

With step-by-step instruction, detailed photographs, and easy-to-follow diagrams throughout, Baker takes all of the mystery out of creating adorable toys that are beautiful, safe for children, and durable enough to actually play with. Woodturners of any skill level will benefit from Bakers expertise, practical tips, low-cost solutions, and inspiring designs.

Pick up a copy ofTurned Toystoday to sharpen your skills while creating toys that will easily become treasured family heirlooms for generations to come.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction

1. Making Toys
2. Tools, Equipment, and Materials

PROJECTS
Tea Party
Simple Turned Animals
Money Box
Stacking Blocks
Hammer, Rack, and Blocks
Spinning Tops
Penguin Skittles
Ring Toss
Magic Ball and Cup
Pull-Along Train and Carriage
Russian Coll
Ring Turning

Glossary
Further Reading
Conversion Chart
About the Author
Index

• Topic. Toys are always a popular item with woodworkers, and these wooden toy favorites are fun to make and to use (as well as durable and safe).
• Low Investment. These puzzles presented can be built with mls#