toymaking
Creating children's amusements
Toymaking is the craft or industry of creating toys.
The word encompasses both artisanal work—a woodworker carving rocking horses, a seamstress stitching dolls—and large-scale manufacturing.
She learned toymaking from her grandfather, who had a workshop full of half-finished puppets.
Craft of shaping lumber
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- sculptingShaping material into forms
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
assembly · painting · gluing · sanding · finishing · whittling · lathing · stitching
Automaton design field
- interactiveAllowing mutual exchange
- STEMFour-discipline academic grouping
- electronicsStudy of circuits
- sensorsDevices that detect input
programmable · modular · customizable · sustainability · bioplastics · Bluetooth · microcontrollers · Arduino
Russian nesting doll
- NutcrackerYuletide ballet with toys
- rocking-horseSpring-mounted nursery plaything
- PinocchioLying wooden puppet
- GeppettoWoodworker who carved a puppet-boy
elves · Christmas · heirloom · handcrafted · apprenticeship · guilds · heritage · daruma
Toy human figures
- blocksObstructs or sections
- puzzlesProblems designed to challenge
- trainsLinked rail carriages
- carsMotor vehicles for travel
balls · tops · kites · marbles · yo-yos · rocking-horses · stuffed-animals · jack-in-the-box
Industrial product creation
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
- productionMaking or generating something
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- distributionAllocation across recipients
licensing · merchandising · branding · retailers · packaging · mass-production · outsourcing · recalls
woodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- sculptingShaping material into forms
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
sewing · assembly · painting · gluing · sanding · finishing · whittling · lathing · stitching · felting
robotics
Automaton design field
- interactiveAllowing mutual exchange
- STEMFour-discipline academic grouping
- electronicsStudy of circuits
sensors · programmable · modular · customizable · sustainability · bioplastics · Bluetooth · microcontrollers · Arduino
matryoshka
Russian nesting doll
- NutcrackerYuletide ballet with toys
- rocking-horseSpring-mounted nursery plaything
- PinocchioLying wooden puppet
Geppetto · elves · Christmas · heirloom · handcrafted · apprenticeship · guilds · heritage · daruma
dolls
Toy human figures
cars · balls · tops · kites · marbles · yo-yos · rocking-horses · stuffed-animals · jack-in-the-box · playsets
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
- productionMaking or generating something
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
distribution · licensing · merchandising · branding · retailers · packaging · mass-production · outsourcing · recalls · testing
- handicraftssewing, knitting, pottery, weaving, embroidery
- folk craftsbasketry, basket weaving, quilting, quilts, embroidery
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
toymakingdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
destruction · dismantling · scrapping · disposal · recycling
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