Publisher's Synopsis
In every home, materials that, with a small dose of ingenuity, can be turned into fabulous toys that will entertain the whole family, are discarded daily. Traditional Mexican toys will teach you, in a simple and economical way, the secrets to turn your home into an inexhaustible source of entertainment and creativity. You and yours will learn to build toys of all kinds, such as ball bearings, spinning tops, matatenas, wooden boxers, stilts, bugles, whistles and flutes, among many others that make up a collection that ranges from pre-Hispanic toys to those of movement. It is not an exaggeration to say that this book is really an encyclopedia of recycled toys. Do you doubt it? If so, take a look at any of the 52 creations that this work offers you. We assure you that you will not know which one to start with.
