Maple Landmark Wooden Toys

Next stop: Middlebury, Vermont

As I sit and watch my son arrange and rearrange his train cars, which happen to consist of several letters of the alphabet, I think to myself, “This is brilliant; he’s doing exactly what he wants to be doing, and yet he just learned to spell his name! Who thought of this?”

Specializing in unique wooden toys created from local, sustainable lumber, Maple Landmark is a company that puts incredible attention into creating safe, quality toys for children, while acting responsibly toward the planet and the community. For aspiring engineers they offer several train collections including the Name Trains letter cars [$5], which fit on most standard wooden track systems, and the My Train cars [$25], which come with movable pieces.

All of these classic toys like the My Best blocks sets [$48-144] and beautiful heirloom rattles [$9-11] are finished with child-safe materials. There is even a Natural products line, featuring highly durable toys that have no finish at all, just pure maple. Best of all, Maple Landmark goes above and beyond in their attempt to do business locally, recycle, everything from sawdust to packaging, and they guarantee to replace or repair any standard product for any reason, proving their brilliance, yet again.

Win it!
We're giving away a disk rattle from the natural products line! To enter email, giveaways[at]mamaspeaks.com, with Maple as your subject. Let us know where Maple Landmark is located. Deadline is 07.24.08.

-Beth