Children's Furniture Projects

Children's Furniture Projects

Author: Jeff Miller

Publisher: Taunton

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781561585045

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Building furniture for a child is a special pleasure for a woodworker. Children need safe and durable furniture sized to their needs, so building for them presents special challenges too. The projects in this book include a cradle, bed, table, rocker, rocking dinosaur, toy chest and marble chair.


Kids' Furniture You Can Build

Kids' Furniture You Can Build

Author: David R. Stiles

Publisher: Chapters Pub Limited

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781881527497

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Children's furniture can be fun, functional, and affordable if you build it yourself. Featuring more than a dozen projects that can be put together from easily obtained materials and common tools, with clear diagrams and color photographs that illustrate every step of the way, many of these projects can be completed in a weekend or less by anyone by basic carpentry skills. The kids can even be involved with some aspects of construction. Projects include a crib, a room divider, a storage chair, a computer center, an art desk, a portable toy storage wagon, a lightweight footstool, and a portable folding table.


Young House Love

Young House Love

Author: Sherry Petersik

Publisher: Artisan

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1579656765

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This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.


Children's Toys and Furniture

Children's Toys and Furniture

Author: Monte Burch

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780932944566

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"Provides detailed plans and instructions for building blackboards, toys, toy boxes, rocking horses, sleds, cradles, dollhouses, tables, chairs, and sandboxes." --Google Books.


Project Kid

Project Kid

Author: Amanda Kingloff

Publisher: Artisan

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1579656137

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Perfect for crafty parents who are eager to get their kids excited about DIY, ProjectKid is everything you could want in a craft book: 100(!) stylish, inventive projects; step-by-step photographs; tips for the novice crafter; easy-to-follow instructions; and a fresh, modern look. What really sets these projects apart are the unexpected, ingenious ways Kingloff uses everyday objects and materials. (Did you ever think a body-wash bottle would make a perfect rocket ship?) And these are projects for things kids want to make—and keep—from a juice-box owl to a pirate ship to a curio cabinet for displaying all of their treasures, plus games, jewelry, and more. Also included in the book are basic crafting lessons (such as pom-pom making and weaving) to help children of all ages build a DIY arsenal, a handy guide to must-have tools and materials, and a source directory.


The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects

The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects

Author: Spike Carlsen

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2014-03-14

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1603428461

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Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love this compilation of 76 rustic DIY projects. From plant supports and clotheslines to a chicken coop, a greenhouse, and a root cellar with storage bins, most of the projects are suitable for complete novices, and all use just basic tools and easy-to-find materials. You’ll find techniques to build whatever your outdoor world is missing, with additional tips to live sustainably, happily, and independently. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead, The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.


The Guide to Woodworking With Kids

The Guide to Woodworking With Kids

Author: Doug Stowe

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-12

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781951217235

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Introduce children to the craft of woodworking and watch their executive function skills thrive. The Guide to Woodworking with Kids is a culmination of craftsman Doug Stowe's four-decade career in woodworking and nearly twenty years of working with students K-12 in his Wisdom of the Hands woodworking class at the Clear Spring School in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. This comprehensive guide offers step by step instruction for teachers, parents and grandparents to offer safe woodworking opportunities to their students and kiddos as a way of developing a wide range of valuable life-skills. Based in part on the philosophies of Froebel's Kindergarten and Educational Sloyd, this book illustrates the importance of doing real, hands-on activities in school and at home that enable students to: Think things through for themselves Develop skill, originality and inventiveness Explore their own self-interests Plan, organize and execute meaningful work Prepare to profitably employ leisure time Be handy and resourceful Develop both character and intellect Create useful beauty to benefit family, community and self The Guide to Woodworking with Kids is more than a woodworking book, it's gives parents, grandparents and teachers the confidence, encouragement, and the insight needed to safely engage children in life-enhancing creative arts.