About Woodhit Wonders

A small workshop with big ideas about what play should look and feel like.

Collection of wooden blocks and toys arranged on a workshop table

How We Started

Woodhit Wonders began in a garage in 2017. Our founder had two kids under five and a growing pile of plastic toys that broke within weeks. Frustrated by the lack of quality options, she picked up a set of carving tools and started making toys herself.

The first attempt was a set of stacking rings for her youngest. It was rough around the edges, but the kids played with it more than anything from the store. Friends noticed, asked for their own, and suddenly there was a waiting list.

Our Materials

We work primarily with European beech, maple, and birch. These hardwoods are dense enough to withstand years of play without splintering or chipping. Every piece of lumber is sourced from FSC-certified forests.

Finishes are either raw sanded wood or a thin coat of beeswax and food-grade linseed oil. When we use colour, it comes from water-based stains that meet EN71 toy safety standards. No lacquers, no petroleum-based coatings, nothing you would worry about a child putting in their mouth.

Close-up of colourful wooden alphabet blocks showing smooth finish

Wooden toy train with smooth rounded edges on a white surface

Our Process

Each toy goes through the same steps: design sketching, prototype carving, testing with actual children (our own and those of willing friends), refinement, and finally production. A single design can take three months from first sketch to finished product.

We sand each piece through four grits by hand. Machine sanding is faster, but hand-finishing lets us feel every surface the way a child will. If there is even a hint of roughness, it goes back to the bench.

What Drives Us

We believe children deserve toys that respect their intelligence. Not every toy needs to flash, beep, or tell a child what to do. The best play happens when kids fill in the blanks themselves. A block can be a castle, a car, a sandwich, or a telephone. That open-ended possibility is what we design for.

See Our Toys