Protecting and Promoting Traditional Skills – Choosing Traditional Wooden Toys For Your Children
Since the days of the industrial revolution, when machines were developed to do the work of skilled craftsmen, many traditional crafts have fallen by the wayside. Thankfully the resurgence in the demand for traditional baby toys has allowed some of these once lost traditional crafts to come back to the fore. Woodworking skills are back in demand as beautiful handmade traditional baby toys are being bought up by environmentally friendly parents.More imaginary skills will be developed in your child.
Lost to Mass Production
With the onset of mass production the number of skilled tradesmen rapidly diminished as there was no demand for their handmade and more expensive goods, when a machine could turn out ten times more pieces in half the time it would take the craftsman. Traditional wooden baby toys were however still being made, but the skilled craftsmen making them were resigned to their sheds and workshops, away from industry, making these items in their spare time, as a hobby. It is from these humble hobbyists that the resurgence in popularity for well made traditional baby toys came from. Soon traditional wooden toys like dolls houses and hobby horses began appearing in museum shops and on specialist trade stalls, before finding a niche in the online world of specialist retailing.
A New Beginning
Traditional wooden baby toys soon found a new lease of life, and the craftsmen making them were once again recognised for their skills. The online marketplace is now home to many small businesses selling traditional wooden toys, toys that outlast their modern counterparts in many ways. There are not many modern toys on the market that will last as long as any well made traditional wooden toys, neither will they be able to be handed down through the generations like traditional wooden toys have been for centuries. From Victorian rocking horses, dolls houses, toy swords and shields to the simple coloured building blocks, all of these traditional wooden baby toys have stood the test of time and are a long lasting testament to the skills and abilities of the craftsmen than made them. The next time you are looking for a well made, eco-friendly and durable toy for a child make a traditional wooden toy your first choice as you can be sure that it will be treasured not only by the child you buy it for, but by the others that will come after him.
Lost to Mass Production
With the onset of mass production the number of skilled tradesmen rapidly diminished as there was no demand for their handmade and more expensive goods, when a machine could turn out ten times more pieces in half the time it would take the craftsman. Traditional wooden baby toys were however still being made, but the skilled craftsmen making them were resigned to their sheds and workshops, away from industry, making these items in their spare time, as a hobby. It is from these humble hobbyists that the resurgence in popularity for well made traditional baby toys came from. Soon traditional wooden toys like dolls houses and hobby horses began appearing in museum shops and on specialist trade stalls, before finding a niche in the online world of specialist retailing.
A New Beginning
Traditional wooden baby toys soon found a new lease of life, and the craftsmen making them were once again recognised for their skills. The online marketplace is now home to many small businesses selling traditional wooden toys, toys that outlast their modern counterparts in many ways. There are not many modern toys on the market that will last as long as any well made traditional wooden toys, neither will they be able to be handed down through the generations like traditional wooden toys have been for centuries. From Victorian rocking horses, dolls houses, toy swords and shields to the simple coloured building blocks, all of these traditional wooden baby toys have stood the test of time and are a long lasting testament to the skills and abilities of the craftsmen than made them. The next time you are looking for a well made, eco-friendly and durable toy for a child make a traditional wooden toy your first choice as you can be sure that it will be treasured not only by the child you buy it for, but by the others that will come after him.