In the modern world, probably, there is no such person who would not dream of doing his own business, bringing a stable income. The most important thing is to choose a suitable niche for yourself, study your competitors, discard all fears and start working.
If you look at the materials from which toys for children are made, it is usually polymers and plastic. Of course, they have high strength and low weight. However, such materials are obtained artificially and can harm the health of the child. That is why mothers today quite often prefer toys made from natural ingredients, such as wood. Currently, the production of children's wooden toys as a business is developing quite actively.
At first glance, it may seem that the production of wooden toys is boring. However, if you approach the issue with imagination, then it is quite possible to come up with unusual and interesting models. Such toys will appeal to even the most capricious little buyers.
We evaluate the investments necessary to start a business
How much money will it take to start producing wooden toys? The production of such products requires a starting capital of approximately 450,000 rubles. Doing business in this area is quite difficult.
Product range
What toys can be made of wood?
Here are just some of the most common types:
- cars and other transport: buses, cars, trucks and so on;
- railway: sets with rails and trains made of wood are very popular;
- developing wooden toys: puzzles and pyramids for the development of fine motor skills, puzzles and designers for older children.
How to start a business?
What if you are interested in wooden toys? Production can be successfully established in your own home. To do this, it is enough to equip a small workshop and register as an individual entrepreneur. After that, you can begin the process of making toys, which you can then sell. At the initial stage of developing the customer base, it is enough to offer your products to friends and acquaintances.
Be sure to include in the business plan for the production of wooden toys a detailed description of the sales mechanisms. In the future, this will allow you to choose the most effective ones based on a thorough analysis of the main channels.
Hand made
Often the process of making
wooden toys with your own hands takes a lot of time. But at the same time, the finished product can easily be called hand made. Such a toy will be gladly bought by those who want to get something original and unique. In addition, serial equipment for the production of wooden toys does not allow them to be manufactured according to individual parameters. And manual work allows you to make custom-made products of any shape. A skilled craftsman will be able to cut both Smeshariki and Transformers.
We establish production
Suppose you set yourself the goal of setting up the production of a wooden toy. What are the companies on the modern market that carry out such activities? What is needed to start a business?
Here are just a few points that you should pay special attention to:
- Production room. Ideally, it should be divided into several workshops or rooms in which various operations are carried out: assembly, painting, processing, and so on.
- Equipment and machines for the manufacture of wooden toys. The minimum set includes: drilling, milling, facing and grinding machines. You will also need chisels, hacksaws and planers.
- Materials and equipment for painting. In production, in no case can one save on the quality of paints and varnishes, since the products are intended for children.
- Think in advance how you will pack finished products. For this purpose, both a cardboard box and plastic are suitable. Cardboard packaging meets all environmental requirements.
We select staff
What else do you need in order to make wooden toys? Production is not only materials and equipment, but also skilled workers. The manufacturing process itself must necessarily be divided into several technological operations. It is advisable not to organize the work in such a way that one person is immediately both an artist and a cutting master.
To produce high-quality and diverse products, it is recommended to buy computer simulation software. With their help, you can develop original and unusual models of toys. The manufacturing technology itself is not particularly difficult. The production process consists of cutting parts of a certain shape, staining and assembling them. Despite the fact that this process is quite simple, it is better to involve specialists for work. At first, one master will be enough for each workshop. Subsequently, when expanding the business, it will be possible to attract additional people.
Competitors
In Russia, the business of manufacturing wooden toys is a fairly popular area. Currently, there are several companies that manufacture such toys.
Here are just a few of them:
- "World of wooden toys."
- Tomik.
- "Krasnokamsk toy."
- "Cog and Shpuntik".
- Pinocchio.
What else do you need to know for those who decide to produce wooden toys? Production must begin only after a detailed study of the product range from competing companies. Your organization may specialize in one type of toy. In addition, you can arrange the release of toys for children of a certain age category.
How to establish sales
For the implementation of finished products, you can use various methods. First, you should try to sell products in bulk in toy stores. However, this method is not always effective, especially when you consider that the windows of modern stores are lined with colorful plush and plastic toys. There is another way: you can open your own small store on the basis of production. The third and easiest option in the realities of modern life is selling through an online store. It is enough to simply develop a site and think over its content. It may contain information about toys, as well as photos of finished products. If you plan to use this method, then be sure to deposit an additional approximately 50 thousand rubles in the starting capital.
Conclusion
What does it take to arrange the production of wooden toys and become such a major player in the market as the Krasnokamskaya Toy company? Any business requires investment. And in this area you will find a lot of additional costs.
Here are just a few of them:
- purchase or rental of premises;
- salaries to employees;
- purchase of special software products;
- purchase of equipment;
- purchase of consumables.
All these points need to be considered if you want to produce wooden toys. Production cannot be established without quality equipment. Otherwise, you run the risk of getting low-quality goods at the exit. A well-prepared business plan will help you avoid unnecessary costs and optimize the enterprise budget.