Make the wagon-box parts and apply latex primer. Attach the side panels to the front and back panels with wood glue and 6d finish nails. Paint everything red. Or any color. The best wagons are red, ...

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Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series about toy-making in the Chicago area. At the western edge of Chicago, across from an Old Country Buffet and within barking distance of a ...

Back at last year's Toy Fair, Candylab's collection of MO-TO "Awesome Wood Cars" were retro wooden standouts at a show loaded with high-tech playthings. Now, the team that makes these cool toy cars is ...

Antonio Pasin, who had learned cabinet-making on a Venetian estate, started manufacturing a wooden toy wagon in Chicago in 1917, first calling it “Liberty Coaster” for the Statue of Liberty, then ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. — A Minnesota man has turned fond memories of a childhood toy into a full-sized ride. Now, Allan Dregseth cruises around Crookston behind the wheel of not-so-little red wagon. “I’m ...