Toys I had as a kid.... real frogs from the yard, box turtles from the fields, lizards from the yard, and all sorts of kites that I made, bows & arrows that I made, and a Playboy magazine stolen from a friend’s dad.
This is the answer. From time immemorial, kids have made their own toys.
I remember my sisters, back in the forties, making clothespin dolls. Each sister made a whole family of them. Painted on the faces. Made the dresses and clothing from scraps of material from Mother’s sewing basket. I wanted “in”, so they made a bunch of clothespin soldiers for me. My soldiers fought many a battle on the dirt hill in the backyard, until the dog got ahold of them and chewed them all to shreds.