GMB Services

GMB Services, established in 1999, is a family business located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. It draws on the expertise of our professions, hobbies and talents. We are an eclectic service provider and each member of our group has a wealth of experience and talent in a number of areas. We provide Science Workshops for students, Professional Development Workshops for educators and Woodworking Workshops for hobbyists. We actively promote amateur geology through our  public service web site, courses, field trips and workshops. We share our artistic vision and training in workshops for teachers and students of all ages. And finally we handcraft one of a kind Heirloom Rocking Animals and Wooden Toys in the GMB Family Workshop based on our own custom designs.  We are doing what we love doing and it shows! If this is the kind of company you'd like to do business with, then check us out.        Elfi Berndl & Nicholas Gere

GMB TOYS The ultimate in handcrafted wooden  toys are made in The GMB Family Workshop. Take a look at what we are currently working on. Contact us if you would like one of our toys or order our plans online and make your own heirloom piece. Either way, we guarantee that our toys will bring a smile to your little loved one's face!
 

 

CUSTOM MADE ROCKING TOYS
Every year we build a small number of unique rocking toys. Our wooden Rocking Animals make great baby gifts for young adventurous animal lovers who would like to imagine going on a safari or for a ride. Quality made, they will become a favourite family heirloom. Contact us if you would like one made for you.

 

WOODWORKING PLANS by GMB Toys
Buy plans for some of our custom designed toys. Detailed how-to descriptions, materials lists, full-size patterns and photographs are included to make your home built projects a success.
 

 

WOODWORKING SEMINARS
Do you want to make a rocking toy but don't have the tools or confidence to do it alone? Interested in making Wooden Toys? Then come and make beautiful wooden toys at one of our Woodworking Seminars in the Greater Toronto Area. You can make an heirloom toy that will be loved by all.

NURSERY DECOR FOR BABY
Are you expecting a new baby? Deciding on how to decorate the nursery? Then consider adding a unique hand-crafted Rocking Toy or Canadian Cherry Cradle.

 

RAINBOW FURNITURE by GMB Toys

 

 

 

 

 

MUSTANG HOBBY HORSES
These wooden hobby horses are for energetic  youngsters who gallop through life.

 

WOODEN TOY CARS
These hand size wooden cars are loved by car lovers young and old.

 

 

 

 

Plaid Tidings Craft Show ~
Branksome Hall, Toronto

At GMB Toys we create heirloom rocking animals for people interested in handcrafted, unique quality gifts for their loved little ones. Generally we do custom orders, but once a year you can see what we have to offer at Plaid Tidings.

 

Words to Live By
" Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful" William Morris

KUDOS ~ Some of the good things people have said about us.

 

 

ROCKS & MINERALS: Rock Talks by Rockhounds
A Grade 4 School Visit Program about Rocks & Minerals
Classroom visits by avid rockhounds to discuss geology, rocks & minerals. Bring the excitement of mucking about with science to your students!

Grade 4 Science Strand: Earth and Space Systems:
Rocks and Minerals
 

School Visit Testimonials
Read what teachers have to say about our School Visit Programs.

 

PULLEYS & GEARS
A Grade 4 School Visit Program about Tools, Pulleys & Gears
Have a toy maker and an antique tool collector visit your classroom to bring pulleys & gears to life. Students get to work at activity stations to grasp the science behind machines. Grade 4 Science Strand: Structures and Mechanisms: Pulleys and Gears

 

RocksForKids.com is THE web site about rocks and minerals written for kids with the most links to kid-friendly rock information on the Web. We get about 1,500 hits a day! With more than 2 million hits since 2001, this educational web site has been selected by many as a great place to start learning about rocks, minerals and geology.

 

ROCK ART WORKSHOPS Learn how to make making beautiful & functional items out of rocks and minerals. SCIENCE is the ART of seeing. Introductory classes in combining the Arts & Sciences.

 

WOODEN ANIMAL PUZZLES
These adorable animals are the perfect beginning puzzle for toddlers.
Bear, Bunny, Ducky, Elephant, Fishy, Hippo, Kangaroo, Mousey, Orca, Piggy, Snail, Turtle
Plans are also available: Parents and Grandparents who like to to putter in the woodworking shop will enjoy making them.

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ~ Richmond Hill 

 

 

 

 

FROM THE JUNIOR FILES
of E2B2
 

 

 

 

 

 

GMBS in the Kitchen

 

 

 

 

   

Some projects from
"The Agate Art Book 1" by N. Gere, E. Berndl and B. Kovacs

 

 

 

 
 

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