Draw or craft your toy on an A4 sheet using pencils, paint or collage materials like fabric, foil or glitter. Make it ...

Designing toys can be a minefield where good intentions—let's get girls building, too!—crash into unintended consequences. How do you design a Nerf blaster that’s appropriate for kids, but looks ...

A recent move by University of Minnesota could help spawn the next generation of local toymakers. This semester, the U's College of Design will offer-for the first time-a toy product design class.

Pixar’s Toy Story 5 is drawing attention for recasting Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head after the deaths of their original voice actors, fan reactions to Woody’s updated design, and its first-ever PG rating.

As simple as they might seem in concept, the truth is that making a good toy is harder than it seems. Many toys that represent human figures tend to invoke the uncanny valley, but some are so creepy ...