Our Story
From simple animals with wheels and goggly eyes to cribbage boards, kids have always been a part of Maple Landmark.
Made to Be Played With
Heirloom toys shouldn’t sit on a shelf. Ours are built to get dragged across the floor, stacked, knocked over and played with for generations to come.
When Mike Rainville started Maple Landmark in 1979, he drilled every peg hole by hand, cut game boards with a coping saw and put animals on wheels so they could roll. Machines have taken over a lot of that work since, but the goal hasn’t changed: simple, well-made toys and games that families actually use.
Many of our preschool favorites come from Montgomery Schoolhouse, a Vermont toy maker that joined Maple Landmark in 2001. Printed ABC blocks, scoots and semi-trucks have been refined over the years, and they still hold up to the kind of play that wears out a lesser toy. Other items we make started as toys our team had as kids, or wished they had.
The same goes for our games. Chess, checkers and memory are classics because people keep playing them, and Games to Go packs them into cloth pouches so they can come along on road trips, camping weekends and visits to Grandma’s.
Solid wood, sturdy construction and designs that don’t go out of style. Every toy is designed for hands-on play, and each age rating on the products weigh two things: safety, of course, and cognitive development stages.
The result is toys safe enough for the youngest player and fun enough to keep Grandpa at the table.
