Candylab

Candylab makes the wooden toy cars grown-ups quietly want on the shelf. Solid beech, vintage silhouettes, and colors borrowed from mid-century road trips. Food trucks, off-roaders, campers, racers, and the magnetic parking garage that pulls the whole fleet together.

27 products
Ice Cream Van
Ice Cream Van
Ice Cream Van
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$20.00
Strawberry Moo
Strawberry Moo
Strawberry Moo
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$20.00
Taco Van
Taco Van
Taco Van
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$20.00
Hot Dog Van
Hot Dog Van
Hot Dog Van
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$20.00
Cupcake Van
Cupcake Van
Cupcake Van
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$20.00
Pizza Van
Pizza Van
Pizza Van
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$20.00
French Fry Van
French Fry Van
French Fry Van
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$20.00
Dumpling Van
Dumpling Van
Dumpling Van
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$20.00
Hamburger Van
Hamburger Van
Hamburger Van
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$20.00
Pretzel Van
Pretzel Van
Pretzel Van
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$20.00
Waffle Van
Waffle Van
Waffle Van
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$20.00
Unicorn Van
Unicorn Van
Unicorn Van
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$20.00
London Bus
London Bus
London Bus
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$25.00
Bread Truck
Bread Truck
Bread Truck
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$39.00
Cotswold Royal
Cotswold Royal
Cotswold Royal
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$35.00
Cotswold Gold
Cotswold Gold
Cotswold Gold
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$35.00
Big Sur Brown
Big Sur Brown
Big Sur Brown
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$39.00
Mud Coyote
Mud Coyote
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$8.00
Taco Shack
Taco Shack
Taco Shack
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$25.00

Wooden toy cars have quietly become the alternative to the plastic toy bin, and Candylab is the brand that made them collectible. Each CANDYCAR® is carved from solid beech, a dense hardwood that gives these real weight in a small hand and keeps the edges crisp rather than fuzzing over time. The scale is small enough for a favor bag and substantial enough to feel like a real object.

Start with the food trucks. Ice cream, taco, pizza, hot dog, cupcake, and dumpling each have their own character, and at their price they make a lovely alternative to a plastic party favor. The off-roaders and classics are the collector pieces: Big Sur, Cotswold, Drifter, the Ambulance Wagon, and the Police Cruiser. The magnetic parking garage is the heirloom gift, the one photographed at every birthday that still looks right in a living room.

Perfect for birthdays, party favor tables, Easter baskets, and stocking stuffers. These are the toys that survive the party, get lined up on a shelf, and turn up again when the next sibling is old enough. Browse toys and party favors for kids to build the rest of the table.

FAQs

Solid beech wood, painted and finished by the brand. Beech is a dense hardwood, which is why these have real weight to them and why the painted edges stay crisp instead of chipping and fuzzing the way softer woods do.

CANDYCAR®, their family of wooden toy vehicles styled after mid-century American and European cars. The brand started in New York and built its following by making toys that look as good on a shelf as they do in play, which is exactly why they sit alongside the rest of our party and gift collections.

Ages three and up, per the brand. The smaller vehicles and loose accessories are not suited to children who still mouth their toys, so for a younger sibling look to our baby toys and gifts instead.