Big Top Circus

As I am creating and designing my little wooden peg peoples, I try to consider sets that are unique and different to what is currently out there.  I have a thing for dolls.  Big, soft, wooden, clay, really anything that is different and unique.  I am trying to duplicate that with my shop.  So after doing some brainstorming and some research I decided on creating a Big Top set.

This set has been so fun and has evolved even from the ideas I had in the beginning.  I use my kids as my critics.  They often times give me the best advice as to what they would like to see or what they think of the sets.

This set has been a new favorite.  I have only created 2 sets and the big problem with coming up with something new my kids lay claim to them.  So I am now painting one for them.  I started doing this for them, to have something to play with that encourages them to use their imagination.

Not sure about your house but ours are filled with battery operated toys.  These are the bane of my Husband's existence.  He hates battery operated toys.  They drive him nuts.  Many reasons that I won't bore you with now but enough that I started to explore what other options there where out there for kids to play with that were unique and different.   I started a whole board on Pinterest dedicated to homemade dolls because this is where my obsession started.