What were your favourite childhood toys and games?

Maybe it was a set of wooden blocks you built with again and again. A pull toy that followed you around the house. A game that came out whenever grandparents visited. Or a well-worn board game that still reminds you of evenings around the kitchen table.

The best toys and games become part of our memories.

That is what we love about making them.

Our wooden toys have the warmth, weight, and character of something made from nature. Our games invite people to sit down together and play. They are familiar in the best possible way—the kind of things that remind you that play does not have to be complicated to be meaningful.

Sometimes you are choosing a toy because it reminds you of your own childhood. Sometimes you are sending a little piece of Nova Scotia to someone who now lives far from home. And sometimes you simply want to give something beautiful, useful, and made with care.

When one of our toys or games arrives at your home, a little piece of our workshop comes with it.

The Toy Maker of Lunenburg began in 1979, when Kevin Vickers started making children's toys and games from solid wood.

For decades, the business has remained rooted in something increasingly uncommon: making wooden toys here in Canada.

In 2015, we—Ray Syvitski and Elke Uribe—became the next owners of The Toy Maker of Lunenburg and took on the responsibility of continuing that tradition.

Today, our toys and games are still made in our small Nova Scotia workshop using Canadian-sourced wood. Pieces are cut, sanded, assembled, finished, packed, and shipped by people you can actually put names to.

Our collection has grown from children's toys to include games and brain teasers for adults too—from building blocks and pull toys for little hands to cribbage boards and classic games for the kitchen table.

Because we believe there should never be an age limit on play.

Play Should Leave Room for Imagination

Children are naturally curious.

Give them something simple and they decide what happens next. A block becomes a tower. A wooden animal joins a story. Pieces are moved, stacked, built, knocked down, and rebuilt.

The toy does not need to provide the imagination. The child already brings that.

Play Is Not Just for Children

A deck of cards, a cribbage board, a puzzle, or a favourite family game can do something remarkably simple: bring people to the same table.

We believe playing together matters—whether you are three, thirty-three, or eighty-three.

Where Things Are Made Matters

We believe Canada should make things.

That is why we choose Canadian wood and make our products here in Nova Scotia rather than simply importing finished wooden products from overseas.

Supporting Canadian manufacturing keeps skills, jobs, and economic benefits closer to home.

Natural Materials Belong in Our Homes

There is something different about wood.

You can feel its weight, warmth, grain, and character in your hands. No two pieces are exactly alike.

We value Canadian natural resources and want to use them thoughtfully to create products that are useful, beautiful, and made to stay in your home for years.

Things Worth Keeping Should Be Made to Last

We would rather make something you keep than something you quickly replace.

Our toys and games are intentionally timeless. They do not depend on the newest character, battery, app, or trend.

Wooden toys and classic games have been around for generations for a reason.