Phone (800) 871-1984
Phone (704) 543-0204
Wholesale Only

Historical Folk Toys, LLC is a wholesale company that began in 2004 in Nashville, Indiana and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. We sell mainly to National Parks, Museums, Historic Sites and Historical Societies across the United States and Canada.

Our products feature simple packaging and include history. Historical Folk Toys is known for it’s old-fashioned toys, games and craft kits, many that we design and make in-house. We also sell folk instruments, Native American craft kits and nostalgic booklets, including a few musical ones. We welcome your phone calls and inquiries.

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Historical Folk Toys, LLC is a wholesale company that began in 2004. We sell mainly to gift shops and education departments in National Parks, Museums, Historic Sites and Historical Societies all across the United States and have sold to sites in Canada in the past.

Our products feature simple packaging and include history. Historical Folk Toys is known for it’s old-fashioned toys, games and craft kits, many that we design and make in-house. We also sell folk instruments, Native American craft kits and nostalgic booklets, including a few musical ones. We welcome your phone calls and inquiries.

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Early Education

Early Education in America was very primitive and often only the basics were taught: the "3 R's" (reading, writing and arithmetic). Some children learned their lessons at home while others, who were more fortunate, went to one-room schools.

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Classic Toys & Puzzles

Children from all over the world have enjoyed playing with toys throughout time. Many of our classic toys and puzzles evolved from what was naturally available or from what the adults could dream up.

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Traditional Games

Traditional games come from ancient civilizations such as Greece, Rome, Egypt, and China. Traders, such as Marco Polo, helped introduce many of these games to other parts of the world. Today, children enjoy many of the games that have been popular throughout history.

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Home Crafts

Today, we think of crafts as an enjoyable activity to do in our free time. Working with one's hands gives pleasure and joy, plus it has the added benefit of having something to show for time well spent. Many of the crafts we do today used to be considered a necessity.

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Historical Doll Kits

For generations mothers have made dolls from a variety of household scraps that were not necessary. The pioneer girl receiving the doll was only too happy to have a home made doll and might even have considered it her best friend while playing alone.

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Folk Instruments

Perhaps man’s earliest cultural inventions included basic musical instruments. They might have been rhythmic sticks, dried gourds used as shakers or even sea shells with one note. Since then, man has evolved and so have musical instruments

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Native American

Native Americans used toys and games to teach tribal traditions and beliefs, as well as cooperation and coordination to their children who could then hand down this learned tradition and knowledge to future generations.

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Other

Historical Folk Toys offers a few items with special significance that are highlighted in this category which is different from other sections.

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Nostalgic Books

Historical booklets on toys, games, crafts, education, manners, parlor games and music are some of our best selling items. Booklets also feature nostalgic illustrations and tid-bits of fun. A great souvenir for gift shops large or small.

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