This file photograph, taken on Feb. 26, 2025, shows an artisan keeping the painted heads of dolls for drying at a toy ...

In the heart of Karnataka, artisans in Channapatna continue a centuries-old legacy of handcrafted wooden toys, using natural ...

In the age of being politically correct, it's not a bad idea if you were to use only recycled wood to make your toys. Not only would you be helping the environment and saving money on material ...

The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in ...

Ma Dafei, born in 1974, is another Yunhe business owner who returned from studying abroad to join the wooden toy industry. "Wooden toys have a deep connection with me. My parents were among the ...

Students try to create wooden toys at a study tour base in Yunhe, a county in Zhejiang province, in 2023. [Photo provided to China Daily] In Yunhe, a mountainous county in Zhejiang province ...

“If you’re painting a wood duck, you might as well figure ... “I will teach decoy carving or toy car making, and the decoy carving can be either working birds or decorative birds.” ...