Just in time for the upcoming holiday rush, we have added two new product lines to our toy store, AmazingChildhood.com We think they make an excellent addition to our growing selection and are proud to have more products available that are Made in the USA, safe for your child and built with quality in mind rather than mass quantity.

Mountain Boy Sledworks

With the winter months upon us, we have added a new supplier that specializes in high quality wooden sleds.  The company is Mountain Boy Sledworks and they are based out of Silverton Colorado.  They make a nice variety of sleds and toboggans and all of their products are hand-crafted.

Unfortunately, they no longer make the bulk of their sleds in Silverton.  They are at odds with the town over zoning laws.  The town shut down their operation until the zoning issue can be straightened out.  In the meantime, the sleds are being made over in China.  Now, we are not the biggest fans of products made in China but this is a different relationship.  This isn’t some mass manufacturing operation where products are spit out under unhealthy conditions.  The owner of Mountain Boy Sledworks has partnered with a team of highly skilled wood workers that meet the same quality standards that Mountain Boy is used to.  The products are made from wood that is harvested in a sustainable manner and the quality and care is evident in everything they produce.  The coatings and finishes that they put on their sleds are durable and safe for your children.  They are heirloom pieces, they might cost more than the lower quality stuff you can get at the big box stores but they will last many generations.  You can see our selection by going to our Wooden Sleds and Toboggans page.

Maple Landmark Woodcraft

We met this company earlier this year at Toy Fair and we were really impressed with the company and the product that they produce.  Maple Landmark Woodcraft is based in Vermont.  It was started many years ago when the owner was still a teenager.  He started using scrap wood that was left from his fathers projects and started making toys and games for fun.  Soon, people started paying him to make toys and the rest is history.  Well, I am sure there is a LOT more to the story but that’s enough for now.  We will do a longer write up in the near future.  What we want to focus on is the wide range of quality products that they make.

Everything that Maple Landmark sells is made right in their Vermont location.  They handcraft all of their toys, games and collectible products right here in the USA using Vermont hardwoods that are harvested sustainably.  They use as much of the wood as they can and whatever left is turned into sawdust and given to local farms for cow bedding.  You can see the full line that we carry on our Maple Landmark Woodcraft page.