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The Rocking-Horse Maker: Nine Easy-To Follow Projects

Building professional rocking horses is an incredibly tough job but this master craftsman shows you with a good set of directions and step-by-step photographs focused along the more difficult areas of this craft. With a number of chapters within this book dedicated to aesthetics of the wood rocking horse, you will also learn painting, leather tack and hair in addition to hoof notches and swing iron stands. This book is perfect for anybody interested in the lost art of making traditional wood rocking horses.

Woodworking with Your Kids: Over 30 Projects for All Ages

With over two dozen woodworking projects, this book is perfect to get any child into the art of woodcrafts. The book doesn’t have plans but it does teach the techniques required to complete the projects outlined in addition, the author has taken care to only introduce power tools that are relatively safe for children with adult supervision.

Woodturning Traditional Folk Toys (Woodturning)

Woodturning is among the more challenging aspects of woodworking, it requires attention to detail, a steady hand and the ability to think ahead of acting. This book is a great resource for demonstrating the techniques, tools and materials necessary for creating great old fashioned wooden toys using the art of woodturning. Of the 15 projects in this boo, there are some for all skill levels, from a spinning top, Dutch Doll with jointed limbs and pull-along acrobats to creating a baby rattles and even a German Nutcracker Soldier!

Backyard Play Areas You Can Make: Complete Plans and Instructions for Building Playhouses, Forts, and Swing Sets

This book features 15 plans on building your very own playhouses, forts and swing sets. Each woodworking project includes a full set of materials required for each job, tips and line drawings for these large scale wood projects. There is also a lot of information relating to creating foundations, walls, roofs and even framing techniques.

Making Dolls’ Houses in 1/12 Scale

This book begins with relatively easy projects and increases in complexity and scale with each successive woodworking project. There are over 132 diagrams along with material lists, tools required and even construction details. This book entails the creation of miniatures, as such, a good background in woodcraft with a few projects under your belt is recommended before jumping head first into these projects.

Making Wooden Toys: 12 Easy-to-Do Projects with Full-Size Templates

This wooden toys crafts book provides full sized templates of woodworking projects. Although the methods are a bit dated, they are worth a look to gather some ideas for other projects that you may have in mind.

Marvelous Transforming Toys: With complete instructions and plans

This is a great book showcasing the number of different ways a wood model can be created with the proper use of imagination and creativity. The toys created in this book is perfect for both beginners and the master craftsman as you will learn new ways of building your next woodworking project. You will need a basic woodworking shop to build these models and although challenging, the projects include detailed instructions, photographs and plans.

Making Toys

This is a great book but you need to have a number of completed woodworking project under your belt before building the models shown in this book. You will also require a pretty good woodworking project unless you feel like going to the hardware store several times to get the equipment required to complete some of these wood projects.

Wooden Toys

Providing a step-by-step guide to making your very own wooden toys, this book will help you every step of the way from the beginning to finishing the final model. With many illustrations and great instructions, this is a perfect book towards getting a number of attractive projects finished.

Realistic Construction Models You Can Make (Vehicles You Can Make Series)

There are eight vehicle wood models showcased within this book, they include a train, motorcycle, backhoe, airliner and even a bulldozer! These wood projects include detailed instructions, drawings showing the entire building process and even full size templates along with a parts list. This is a great book for anybody interested in furthering their skills as a wood craftsman.

The Woodworker’s Book of Wooden Toys (Dover Books on Woodworking and Carving)

This woodworking book showcases over 100 pages of great project known-how that will be of great benefit to both beginners and advanced woodcrafters.

Making Miniature Furniture

The woodcrafting projects found in this book book offer step-by-step instructions along with plenty of diagrams and diagrams that will prove invaluable to you as you build the wood models found in this book. This is also a great book to learn how to build half scale furniture before you attempt a full scale version and are colonial reproductions that are sure to please anybody who is given the chance to use them.

Tremendous Toy Trucks: With Step-by-Step Instructions and Plans for Building 12 Trucks

The instructions for building toy wood trucks within this book are very easy to follow and highly detailed with few errors. Although the skills required to complete the wood models in this book can be a little taxing to a beginner, the result speak for themselves and you will greatly grow in the field of woodcraft based on the techniques learned in this book. This book includes over 300 photos and illustrations that help you every step of the way towards completing amazing wood working projects found in this book.

30 Toy Vehicles of Wood

In this book, you will learn how to make 30 different wood toy models. Each wood project includes detailed illustrations, dimensioned detailed drawings and great instructions to guide you every step of the way. A materials list and hints are also included for each wood working project. With this book, you will be able to build a toy sports car, helicopter and even a freight train!

Scrollsaw Toy Projects

This is a great book to get to know your scrollsaw! Learn how to build wonderful wood toys including a catamaran, rescue helicopter, airplane and even a complete railway set with station and signal! The instructions in this book are nicely layed out and include very precise plans along with background information about the scrollsaw itself. With over 190 pages, you can’t go wrong!

Scrollsaw Toys For All Ages

Learn how to use your scrollsaw while creating captivating wood working projects! Each project in this book includes templates, techniques, materials and cutting lists in addition to tips to get the most out of your scrollsaw. If you wanted to learn how to build wood toys using mostly a scrollsaw, this is the book for you!

How to Make Simple Wooden Puzzles & Jigsaws

Although a small book, it’s big on knowledge. Learn how to build simple wooden puzzles and jigsaws using a few simple tools in your woodworking shop.