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There are probably dozens of heirloom wooden toys scattered throughout your family. Stashed away in attics and boxed up in basements. Perhaps even being used as decorative accents for a family room or den. How old are they? If you played with them when you were a kid they could be more than a few decades old – at least. And how many of the toys that you bought your kids for Christmas this year do you think will survive 10 ro 20 years? I bet a lot of them didn’t even make it 10 or 20 days.

Yet, if you went up to the attic and brought down that old rocking horse or that bucket of building blocks, your child could start playing with them right now and they’d get just as much enjoyment out of them as you did when you were a kid. Of course, you might want to clean them up a bit first and get rid of all those decades of attic dust that they’ve gathered. But after you’ve cleaned them up, they’re ready to take your child on the same flights of fantasy that you used to enjoy.

Can the same be said of any of the toys you’ve given your child recently? Will they not only still be in working order in 20 years or even 20 minutes, but will they still be able to capture your child’s interest the way a simple set of wooden building blocks can? Thomas The Train and other cartoon characters come and go every few years. First it’s one character, and then it’s another. And your children have to have all the toys that go along with it. Eventually those characters drop off of TV and your child loses interest and then the next character comes on board to claim even more of your money.

But wooden trucks and cars and trains? They never fall from popularity. Wooden pull-toys and wooden puzzles will always be around. Why? Because they’re not based on some character your child sees on the television. They’re not created on a whim just to take advantage of the next popular TV show. And since they’re not associated with any TV shows or characters, you child is allowed to use his imagination and make that wooden car into any type of car he wants. His wooden train doesn’t have to be named Thomas – he can name it after his daddy or his best friend. His wooden blocks of all different shapes and sizes don’t have to be assembled into square little houses and square little knobby looking people – they can be used to build towers and castles with turrets and draw bridges.

The reason you’ll find so many heirloom wooden toys is because they are so durable and so entertaining. And because they allow your child to use his imagination, they grow along with your child and become their favorite toys. Why not add to your heirloom wooden toy collection so your child will have something to pass on to your grandchildren that will bring them just as much happiness as it brought you. Shared memories really are the best.

Want to find out more about childrens wooden toys, then visit Noah Meckler’s site on how to choose the best wooden trucks for your needs.