Back To Blocks: Wooden Toy Manufacturer Invited To Participate In Swiss Days, Midway, Utah

March 29, 2012 - PRLog -- Wooden building blocks manufacturer, Back To Blocks, will be participating in the popular craft fair Midway Swiss Days. Swiss Days will be held in beautiful Midway, Utah on August 31- September 1, 2012. What brings an estimated 80,000 - 100,000 people to this small town near Park City, Utah, each Labor Day weekend?  The Swiss Days Festival at Midway, Utah!  Swiss Days has been a tradition since the 1940s.  As the premier craft fair in the area, Midway Swiss Days is a high-quality and well-attended fair which features juried craft booths of superior handcrafted products, delightful live entertainment, and delicious Swiss foods. Many people both local and from around the country make Midway Swiss Days an annual tradition. They come as families, and groups of friends to enjoy the atmosphere and be able to purchase high-quality handcrafted items. For some it is a Christmas shopping tradition, they enjoy fun events, eat great food, and share in the community spirit of this beautiful area.

New to Midway Swiss Days this year will be Back To Blocks, a local Utah company, that produces handcrafted wooden children's building blocks. Back To Blocks owners, Craig & Miriam Sheffield, will have their Swiss Chalet themed booth stocked full of several sizes of classic  wooden building block sets. As parents and grandparents browse the products offered, children can  enjoy the free building block area in the Back To Blocks booth. Children and adults alike love to have a hands on experience with these fun building blocks.They can stay as long as they like,building and rebuilding with natural wooden blocks. Spontaneously kids compete to see who can make the tallest tower, or the most creative castle.  Block towers rise and fall, while young and old alike, experience the fun of getting "Back To Blocks."

Recently wooden blocks have made a come back. Teachers and parents alike have found great benefits in block play. Blocks help children learn basic math and science concepts, fine-motor skills and basic logic skills. But they also have found that in our increasingly "high-tech", scheduled world, children need simple, toys that promote creative, unstructured opportunities for play. Wooden blocks are also a toy with a long play value. This means that they will play with this same toy for many years.  They utilize wooden blocks differently and more complexly as they grow,  but they can enjoy them from early preschooler age to when they become preteens. Adults like them too. They have a nostalgic value and promote creativity. Corporations have used them for team building and creative thinking activities.

Back To Blocks features building block sets that range from small beginning sets for preschool age children, to large wooden block sets ideal for classrooms. These traditional toys are sold in bright colored plastic buckets that make clean up and storage simple. All their wooden building block products are locally handcrafted of all natural hardwood with no paints, dyes, stains or coatings.  They are safety tested and comply with all children's product regulations in the U.S. Additionally, Back To Blocks offers these traditional toys at an affordable price for any family.

Swiss Days is the event to attend if you are looking for  beautiful handcrafted products. You can find hundreds of unique, high quality, U.S. made product like these wooden blocks from Back To Blocks.

For more information about Back To Blocks products visit www.backtoblocks.com

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Back To Blocks sells handmade wooden blocks for children. Sold in bright colored plastic buckets for easy clean up and storage. Available in several sizes and styles for your child or classroom. Durable, safe and affordable traditional toy for children.