Nephew in-laws(??) was over a few weeks ago. Turns out he loves to play in my shop. Driving nails gives him amazing entertainment. His sister and my Niece (shes 16) enjoy being in the shop too. So I was trying to think of something we could do that they would like.
JT says we could build a house in your shop! I laughed and then decided it wasn't such a bad idea. So we built houses for everyone. They were headed out the door when I realize we didn't get photos so I hastly grabbed these two.
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I took some scrap from the shop and we drew out houses on the thin stock. This was something they could do with some help. I sawed them out on the bandsaw for them.
Then we took some larger blocks for the bases and used 5 minute epoxy to glue them together. They wanted to add doors and windows so we used scrap we found on the floor. Let them cutting them with a chisel. Some spray paint finished them off.
As simple as these were I was amazed at how excited they were about them. And just as amazed I thought of it.
I think I am going to restore my old scroll saw next since it doesn't need much more than a good cleaning. I think it is safe enough that I could let them cut their own out on it. I can't imagine how much joy they would get out of that!!
Also thinking ahead I thought some simple toy boats would be fun too. Since we have a pool we could build them and then go 'race' them in the pool.