Homestead News From The Shop

Periodically, while we are taking a break from our shop work, we like to keep you informed of what is

'new' (or as we like say 'old') around here. On this

web page, we will be scribing these 'News From

The Shop' entries, otherwise known as our own

'Historical Blog.'

We always invite you to check back often-- to

see what new projects we are working on, what

trade shows we are attending or what we are

researching.

The research is the most exciting part of what

we do around here--From the 'digging through

the stacks' at University libraries to exhaustive

'Eric' searches to looking through old period

journals... PLEASE SCROLL DOWN.

Made in USA

American History Pioneer Folk Toys, Games, Crafts, and Music from Homestead Folk Toys in the Historical Village of Nashville, Indiana

A Homestead site. Site designed and hosted by Homestead Folk Toys.

Many exciting events have occurred this year at the Homestead.

First, and foremost, is the launch of our on-line catalog.

For the first time in our company's history, you can visit our sister website, www.homesteadcatalog.com and, by using a special password,

download our entire catalog.

Also, in 2009, we launched our third website, www.historicaltoymaker.com . This is also known as our educational-outreach website. Although we are still in the process of building the site, our vision is to provide a free educational database for museum educators , teachers and parents alike. On this site, you will be able to research the histories of many of the more popular traditional American folk toys and learn how to make them.

Homestead Folk Toys is also now publishing both our current green policies

and our toy safety statement. This is largely in response to current societal

concerns across our great land.

We also wanted to update you on many of the new products

we are currently working on. These include The Deluxe Cup

and Ball Toss Toy, Weaving Sticks, Sailboat Kit, James Fort

Kit, Historical Folk Toy Patterns ,and Child's First Rag Doll Kit.

Lastly, we have also recently become a member of ALHFAM,

an organization of people of who bring history to life. ALHFAM

stands for Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums.

I invite you to check back here often for more updates on

our projects. George Rice--Principal toy-maker