Use our DIY wooden toy plans and blueprints to construct these beautiful and fun wood models for children. Wheeled vehicles like trucks, tractors, and trains are all-time favorite toys for kids. With our detailed schematics, you can also build a rocking horse, a horse swing, a nutcracker, and a toy wagon.
These wooden toy train plans are for building a 1/32 scale model of a steam engine from the early 20th century. Hardwoods can be used to add contrast and highlight certain sections of the locomotive. Apply three coats of polyurethane on the wooden sections and clear nail polish on the brass sections to increase the durability and beauty of the model. Build the engine by cutting and gluing together all parts to the chassis. Most of the components are made of wood, but some pieces require metal parts. The connecting rods are attached to the wheels with brass pins. The drive rods and connecting rods are cut from 1/4 inch wide brass pieces. The piston is constructed from a 3/32 inch diameter, 2 1/4 inch long brass rod with a hook at one end.
Our wooden toy dump truck plans show how to craft a robust toy that is also child safe. All the surfaces are smooth and rounded, and there are no sharp points on this truck.
The truck’s components can be easily crafted and assembled, as shown in the blueprints. You can use solid lumber or veneered plywood to craft the pieces.
Components are held together with dowels, but you can use screws to further secure the joints. Make sure to conceal the screw heads with timber plugs.
These plans for a wooden toy farm tractor and rock picker can help you build a very realistic-looking project that can almost be a showpiece.
We coated the finished project with clear finishing to enhance the look of the model.
You can make all the needed components in your shop or buy some sections like wheels, dowels, and pegs from hobby stores.
Our wooden children’s sleigh plans will show you how to craft a traditional-looking bent-runner sleigh.
We used cherry wood to build this sleigh. You can also use beech, maple, or other hardwoods to build it. Plate joints are used to attach the legs to the stretchers.
The backrest is supported by posts fastened with metal dowels and deck screws.
The underside of the runners is covered with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene plastic that enhances the runner’s gliding ability and prevents corrosion.
The runners and backrest are made with narrow wooden strips that are laminated together and bent while gluing.
Use a highly water-resistant adhesive for gluing to make the sleigh waterproof. Stainless steel fasteners should be used to make the sleigh robust enough to withstand the elements.
Use marine varnish to finish the sleigh.
These plans for a wooden mounted toy rocking horse will allow you to build a 33-inch long and 23-inch tall project.
Pine and basswood are easy to carve, and so make excellent choices for building the components of this project that need shaping, like the tail and the head.
The body and legs can be constructed with plywood. Take care that the wood grain is along the length of the components to ensure maximum support.
Use these wooden horse swing plans to set up a fun swinging horse indoors or outdoors.
The ropes at the back and front have rings which can at their ends that can be hung onto hooks fastened to ceiling joists.
This design features a changeable head so you can get creative and make multiple custom heads for your swing.
Building a traditional nutcracker from these wooden toy soldier nutcracker plans may be a bit time-consuming because of the many parts involved. But if you follow a systematic approach, the work will become much easier.
Most of the components shown in the nutcracker blueprints are crafted in a lathe. The legs, arms, head, and torso are all turned out of only 3 blank timber pieces. This makes it easy to assemble.
Creating all parts for the arm from the same spindle rotation ensures that all arm sections will be of uniform dimensions and the joint at the elbow will fit precisely.
A soft timber like basswood is suitable for turning the main sections of the project, while ash is suitable for crafting the crank and jaw. Wrists are crafted by using birch dowels.
You can create multiple nutcrackers and give each one a unique persona by painting their faces, helmets, and hair in different colors.
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These plans for a vintage wooden mail truck that is also a piggy bank will capture any child’s imagination. We recommend building it with cherry or walnut.
Stack cut the individual components for this project first and then sand their surfaces to the lines.
The windows and fender patterns are cut using a scroll saw. Cut the hood from 2-inch thick rosewood stock.
