For wooden toy makers

Small hands, small parts, honest batches.

Toys are the most paperwork-shaped thing a woodshop can make: batches of cars and stackers, wheels and axle pegs by the hundred, food-grade finishes — and a buyer who is, in the end, a toddler. The records matter here more than anywhere else on the fair table. MadeKeeper batches the costs and keeps the paper trail in the same motion.

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How MadeKeeper maps to your toy bench

Batches of a dozen, costed eachTwelve cars from four board feet of maple log as one batch; every car carries its share of lumber, wheels, and finish. Restock runs are one entry, not twelve.

Wheels and pegs per-100Wheels, axle pegs, and people pegs bought by the bag cost pennies each and get counted anyway — pulled per toy from the hardware bins.

Batch records with datesWhich lumber, which finish, which hardware bag, made when — every batch keeps its record, so a question about a toy sold in March has a written answer.

Fairs and the holiday rushToy sales concentrate into the last quarter. Load-out and count-back on every market, with the event math telling you which December weekends earn their fees.

One batch of cars, to the penny

Say you batch 12 toy cars in maple:

4 bf hard maple @ $7.80/bf, +25% waste$39.00
48 wheels and axle pegs (per-100 bags)$8.60
Food-grade finish$2.20

Batch cost — $4.15 a car$49.80

At $18 each you keep $13.85 a car before fees — and the whole batch carries one clean record of what went into it, which is worth more than the margin the first time anyone asks.

Toys are the most regulated thing a woodshop sells — CPSIA small-parts rules, tracking labels, and testing requirements for children's products. MadeKeeper keeps the batch, materials, and date records that paperwork is built on; the requirements themselves stay yours to check.

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions wooden toy makers ask

What records should a toy batch keep?

What it was made from — lumber, hardware bag, finish — plus quantities and dates. MadeKeeper keeps that per batch automatically as a side effect of costing it, so the paperwork half of CPSIA-style tracking is already done.

How do finishes factor in?

Food-grade oils and beeswax log as materials on the batch, so every toy's record says exactly what touched it. That's the question parents actually ask at the table, and you'll have the written answer.

Can I sell toys and regular woodwork together?

Yes — cars and cutting boards share the lumber rack and the ledger, but each product keeps its own records and margins. You'll also learn which side of the table actually pays for the fair.

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