Welcome to our “Made in Montana”, USA, handmade, quality, classic children’s wooden toys. All of our handcrafted wood toys, made by D and ME LLP, provide hours of imaginative play for toddlers and children of all ages.
Thank you for shopping with us. We have just had another record Christmas season, thanks to all who have decided to buy American "USA" made toys.
WE NEED YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT NOW!
Save Handmade Toys From the CPSIA
A Proposal From www.handmadetoyalliance.org:
In 2007, large toy manufacturers who outsource their production to China and other developing countries violated the public's trust. They were selling toys with dangerously high lead content, toys with unsafe small parts, toys with improperly secured and easily swallowed small magnets, and toys made from chemicals that made kids sick. Almost every problem toy in 2007 was made in China.
The United States Congress rightly recognized that the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lacked the authority and staffing to prevent dangerous toys from being imported into the US. So, they passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in August, 2008. Among other things, the CPSIA bans lead and phthalates in toys, mandates third-party testing and certification for all toys and requires toy makers to permanently label each toy with a date and batch number.
All of these changes will be fairly easy for large, multinational toy manufacturers to comply with. Large manufacturers who make thousands of units of each toy have very little incremental cost to pay for testing and updating their molds to include batch labels.
For small American, Canadian, and European toymakers, however, the costs of mandatory testing, to the tune of up to $4,000 per toy, will likely drive them out of business. And the handful of larger toy makers who still employ workers in the United States face increased costs to comply with the CPSIA, even though American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety problems of 2007. Toy makers won't be the only ones impacted by the CPSIA, the thousands of US businesses who offer clothing, jewelry and other gifts for children --in essence-- the entire children's industry will be as well.
The CPSIA simply forgot to exclude the class of toys that have earned and kept the public's trust. The result, unless the law is modified, is that handmade toys will no longer be legal in the US.
Thriving small businesses are crucial to the financial health of our nation. Let's amend the CPSIA so that all businesses large and small are able to comply and survive!
Written by Cecilia Leibovitz (Founder, CraftsburyKids.com) PST
Please go to our Toy Safety Information page to read more and access links to the petition. You can also access links to your senators and congressmen.
We do not want to lose our business that provides safe wood toys for your children. Thanks.
Because of the recent China toy recalls, we want to assure you that all of our toys are made by Don and Mary in Stevensville Montana, USA. The colored pieces are a water-base, child safe toy enamel applied by a factory in the United States (certificates available). All of our wood comes from sustainable forests in the United States. The oiled finish we use is also on the "safe substances" list.
We are also offering corporate gift pricing on our handmade wooden toys. Contact Us for information on this option.
ANNOUNCEMENT! We are now offering the option of ordering organic or natural handmade wood toys. These wooden toys will be shipped without our oiled finish. Please specify "Organic" in the Comments section when you place an order with D and ME.
In our D and ME Logging Category you will find:
The Montana Logging Truck
Included in our Children’s Small Wooden Trucks are:
Under Large Wood Trucks are three catagories:
The Construction Trucks:
The City Trucks:
The Rural Trucks:
If you are looking for handmade toddler Push/Pull Toys see:
In our category of handmade Classic Doll Furniture you will find for up to an 18” doll:
In Other Toys see our toy wood Tool Box complete with wooden tools, perfect for the preschooler or adult collector.
In Games is our wooden Tic Tac Toe Game with marbles.
For Mary’s quilts, please go to her new site, www.dandmequilts.com. There you will see some of the many that are available. Contact Us and Mary will get in touch with you to let you know about other sizes and styles.
If you have a special idea for a handmade wooden toy that you do not see here, just Contact Us and we would be happy to work with you. If you have a special request or want to get in touch with us, Contact Us or call us at our Toll Free number: 1-DANDME-8 (1-866-326-3638).
To get wholesale information on carrying our classic handmade wood toys or our country style handmade quilts for your business, click on Wholesale Information to fill out our request form.
Enjoy shopping and thanks for taking the time to visit us.
Don and Mary Hurley
D and ME Wood Toys and Quilts LLP
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