Toddler busy boards

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What a great idea! I've got a grandson on the way and talk about killing several birds with one stone! I wonder how the door knocker turns out and if they get their hands in there and get smashed? The rest of the stuff is brilliant as like you said Jon I noticed my kids liked the real thing over toy representations. I've got an extra set of funky nylon change gears for my 9x20 lathe that would be fun to mount up with a crank behind some plexiglass so he can't get his hands caught. They also would be easy to mark with a marker. My son was fascinated by movement especially when he moved something and something else moved. I also love that so many of these things I've got laying around like switches, latches, hinges etc.