More than 750 toys built by inmates at the Marsh Creek Detention Facility in Clayton will be given away to Contra Costa children from 9:30 to 11 a.m. today. It is the 13th year of the giveaway program ...

Looking for handmade toy ideas? Build homemade toddler toys using scrap wood to make simple toys for toddlers that last forever. Carefully crafted handmade toys can become family heirlooms passed from ...

Dozens of youngsters and some veterans' charities will be on the receiving end of the handiwork of students and staff at Phillipsburg High School. High School teachers, technology students and FFA ...

In person: Bring your donation to the lobby of The Spokesman-Review at 999 W. Riverside Ave. Please mark prominently, CHRISTMAS FUND. Online: Visit www.spokesman.com ...

The modern toy world likes to tempt parents with colorful, battery-operated, fancy-looking playthings, but the toys that stand the true test of time are simple, open-ended building toys. I say this as ...

Travel building toys sounds like an oxymoron. But building doesn't have to mean Lego or wooden-block edifices that sprawl ...

Did you know one of your favourite toys as a child had a history worth hundreds of years? Building blocks have always played an important part in education, childhood development, and creative play ...

Greg White and his daughter Tracey Nelson in their Watauga workshop where they build small decorative barns from reclaimed lumber, photographed November 28, 2012. The wood-planked barns reflect ...