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Different Drummer Workshop is a small family business that has been handcrafting high-quality, natural wooden toys for kids since 1973. The company specializes in unfinished wooden toys, and we love that all of their toys are:

• safe and simple in their design, to encourage children to use their imaginations
• sturdy enough to withstand years of hard play and still be passed on to the next generation of children
• carefully handmade with all edges and corners rounded, and then hand sanded to a pleasant feeling satin smooth natural finish that toddlers can safely chew on
• made from solid Maine white pine, a softwood, with most wheels and turnings made from hardwoods (maple or birch)

Their primary material is white pine, and every board of wood is carefully selected to show off its natural beauty and grain. In designing and building their wooden toys, safety, simplicity, and durability are the company's main considerations. We have chosen several of their unfinished wooden toys for our collection--only their sailboat has a finish applied to it so it may be used in water--thus reducing concern about toxic substances going into your child's mouth.

The "MAINE MADE - AMERICA’S BEST" label is affixed to all of their toys. It signifies that Different Drummer Workshop's products have been juried into this State sponsored program, reflecting the time honored tradition of skilled craftsmanship for which Maine has long been known. 

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