My dad (“Papa Don”) started making toys in 1973, inspired by the birth of my older sister, Diana. While attempting to sell his new creations at the Eugene Saturday Market, he and my mom soon realized that there was a market for heirloom-quality natural wooden toys, and Papa Don’s Toys was born!
I am honored to continue my family’s tradition of providing children with safe, durable, and eco-friendly wooden toys. I am especially excited to combine my own passion for sustainable, low impact forest management and timber harvest with Papa Don’s Toys’ mission to provide simple, high quality, affordable, natural wooden toys. I am proud to announce that the red alder used to create Papa Don’s beautiful wooden toys is now harvested and milled right here on our own family woodlot.