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The Production of Age Old Handicrafts- Wooden Toys

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India is a place of rich cultural heritage. There are past traditions and culture of handicrafts that are being known to the world. The modern world is now giving importance to this artistic creation. Wooden toys that are seen in several houses are due to the fact that the households are decorated using handicrafts. Wooden handicrafts are made by people living in distant villages all around India. Earlier when there was no means of producing toys with machines, people used to make toys at home for their siblings. The demands in home decoration utilities have seen the boom of wooden toys.

The toys that are crafted out of woods are generally small artistic shapes. The shapes may include wild animals or domestic animals. The wooden toys may also include miniature families which are used for home decoration. Thus with the passing time, the designs have also changed. Now days a wooden toy may see depicting a popular animal such as a dog, a cat or a buffalo. The toys may also be wooden cars or trucks.

The culture of crafting wooden toys is very old. Earlier the whole families used to indulge themselves into toy making. But now there are only a few communities or geographical location where toys are made at home. South India is a place where the traditions of crafting wooden toys at home are still into existence. Certain parts of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and west Bengal are also involved in making wooden toys. All these wooden toys are available in online stores all around India.

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