Best wooden toy toolboxes that DO NOT break easily
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There is nothing more fun than tinkering with your own tool set. And educational too! But you also want to be able to take the stuff with you.
Toolboxes like this all-time best classic from Melissa & Doug ensure that they can learn wherever they want. When they are done, everything can also be neatly stored. It's a very sturdy one wooden box where everything fits.
In this article I look at what you should pay attention to when purchasing and I have reviewed the 5 best sets.
Let's take a quick look at the top picks. Then I'll take a closer look at each of these options.
Overall best wooden toy toolbox
Melissa & Doug has a lot of good quality wooden toys like this sturdy wooden box for carrying the tools.
Best building materials
You can build much more than just cars using the wooden building pieces and nuts and bolts.
Best Cheap Wooden Toy Tool Box
Includes 43 accessories. 5 tools, a drill, 3 bits, 11 screws, 11 nuts and 12 wooden strips to attach everything to.
Best tools
It's an expensive set, that's true. But the tools are beautiful and sturdy. You can see this especially with the pliers that are also really easy to operate.
Best tool box for school kids
It consists of 32 pieces with which you can make 6 experiments. It's mostly about learning the science behind these experiments.
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Wooden toy tool box buying guide
When buying a wooden toolbox for your child, you will want to pay attention to a few things.
Age
Does it suit your child's development and are there no small pieces that young children can swallow? Those are the main considerations.
A normal set with wooden tools and large nails and screws is fine for any age. Especially fun from the age of 3, but 2-year-olds could also play with it.
Melissa & Doug and Le Toy Van are perfect for this.
The smaller pieces, such as the set from Kidwill and especially the Science Kit from Hape, are less suitable for small children and are better served from the age of 4.
Sustainability
We rated each set for durability on a scale of 1 to 5. Although they are all made of sturdy wood There is sometimes a saving on confirmation.
For example, the Melissa & Doug set has been kept cheap by gluing many parts. Fine in itself, but a child of 5 or 6 could turn the tops of the bolts off.
That's why it's important to look at this kind of thing for what age it fits.
Replayability
It's nice when a set is age appropriate and durable enough to last, but if it's not fun to play with it, it's no use at all.
That's why I also rated the replayability of each set.
Here you have to pay attention to the number of building pieces that are included. Whether it also plays nicely without frustration from things that don't fit. Whether they can express their creativity in it.
Top 5 Wooden Toy Tool Boxes Reviewed
Melissa & Doug Take Along Toolbox
- Good price for a durable product
- Tools and a number of construction parts in one
- Not strong enough for 6 year olds
Melissa & Doug has a lot wooden toys of good quality and this is another one of them. A firm wooden box to take the tools with you.
The box itself also serves as a means to attach the screws so that they always have something to play with.
It's a back to basics set, but sometimes that just makes it more fun.
This brand has the added advantage of being very durable. Sure it toys lasts a long time, but they also plant trees back around them wooden toys to continue making.
There are 24 parts included. Tools such as a hammer, wrench, and screwdriver. And also wooden nails, screws, nuts and bolts.
Simple tool toys like these are suitable from age 3 and fun until about age 5.
Children older than that can also apply too much force and, for example, unscrew the top of the bolts (they are glued, not one piece).
The workbench we have from Melissa & Doug has this same problem. Sturdy up to about 5 years but after that it is a bit too cheap.
Other than that, there isn't much special about the box. There are several on the market. Hape, for example, also has one.
But you get a lot for a good price and from a sustainable brand.
kidwill Tool Kit
- Good tool kit including building material
- Lots of different parts so you can be creative too
- Quality case was a bit disappointing
Everything is from wood including a sturdy one wooden Suitcase. That makes this a very nice construction set.
In addition, it naturally has wheels in the set, so that you can also build nice cars with the building pieces.
Everything is included such as a hammer, wrench, pliers, ruler, saw, screwdriver, nuts and bolts.
You can build a lot more than just cars using the wooden building pieces and nuts and bolts. In fact, they can make anything they can think of.
It is sometimes a bit of fiddling, but that is also very good for fine motor skills. I often had to help my son (4) when he wanted to build more difficult things.
It is made of solid wood and quite sturdy. The suitcase could have been a little more sturdy, especially considering the age category for which it is intended.
The examples are also nice, but you can often only make one at a time, which was a bit disappointing.
Also read: this is all the best wooden toys with wheels. The Kidwill Toolkit is one of them.
Toywoo 43 piece set
- Wooden drill makes it a complete set
- Low priced for a lot of tools
- Made very cheaply
A cheap set that has not been thought through very well. For example, there is a rotary slide for the wrench, but it is in one piece so cannot adjust its size at all.
Nice that there is one too wooden drill included. This makes it a nice complete set.
There are 43 accessories included. 5 pieces of tools, a drill, 3 bits, 11 screws, 11 nuts and 12 wooden strips to which you can attach anything.
The parts are well finished so that you don't get splinters and treated with environmentally friendly water paint.
It is a bit difficult to keep everything in the box while closing it because the tool is held back with a string.
I always have to help with that so they can't store it all by themselves.
The case is also not very sturdy, held on with mini screws that easily fall out, or it wood breaks when attached.
Eventually you can just store all of them in it and put it in the closet, but they may not be able to lug it around themselves anymore.
Le Toy Van Tool box
- Very very sturdy toy
- Extra drawer to store everything
- Fun glue for pretend play
- Not much building material included
- Very pricey
Where Melissa & Doug saves some money on the quality to keep the set cheaper, Le Toy Van does not.
It's an expensive set, that's true. But the tools are beautiful and sturdy. You can see this especially with the pliers that are also really easy to operate.
The box also has a compartment that can slide open and of course the large container for all the tools.
It comes with 11 accessories: a fabric bag, pliers, a screwdriver, a wooden board with two holes, two nails, a bolt, a screw, wood glue and a hammer.
Especially the glue is a funny idea. Here's a lot of play with pretending to stick things.
There isn't very much in it. It's also more pretend play than actual building or crafting.
The Kidwill set in particular is more fun for that, but almost every set on this list has more material to build with.
That was clearly not Le Toy Van's approach. Just very sturdy toys for the construction worker who wants to repair things in and around the house.
Hape Science Experiment Toolbox
- Lots to build
- Truly educational set that teaches the science behind the experiments
- Quite pricey
- Somewhat few pieces to use it only as a building set
This is a great fun set for schoolchildren aged 5 and up, but some parents are already playing with children as young as 3. Then it's just a nice building set.
Really to master the intricacies of construction.
The other sets on this list are actually not suitable for that age anymore, only up to about 5 years old. The Kidwill set maybe up to a little older if they enjoy building with it.
It consists of 32 pieces with which you can make 6 experiments. It's mostly about learning the science behind these experiments.
This way they can learn about pulleys and the lever principle. But there are many more activities in it.
The App is also a nice addition, especially for smaller children. He really explains step by step what they have to do and why.
You can also use this set well with other science sets from Hape.
Conclusion
There is a lot wooden toys tools for sale, but with these sets you can be sure you won't make a bad purchase.
Always something to do for the holidays or rainy day?
Play Choice now has the ultimate activity book collection, with over 60 pages of fun coloring pages and educational puzzles.
Joost Nusselder, the founder of Speelkeuze.nl is a content marketer, father and loves trying out new toys. As a child he came into contact with everything related to games when his mother started the Tinnen Soldaat in Ede. Now he and his team create helpful blog articles to help loyal readers with fun play ideas.
