Woodworkers create 3K handmade toys for kids, with help from artists and Santa

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — All year long, garages and wood workshops around Colorado have been buzzing with the sounds of bandsaws.

Volunteer woodworkers from the Colorado Woodworkers Guild have spent months working to fill an ambitious Christmas list: creating 3,000 wooden toys, to be handmade and delivered to hospitals, specialty schools and non-profits for kids who deserve a one-of-a-kind gift you can’t buy in a store.

“It’s unique, for one thing. You know, it’s not mass produced and stamped out on a machine,” said Kenneth Oliver, toy build coordinator for the group’s Colorado Springs chapter…

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