They both wanted to draw their own shapes so sharpen pencil and out you go.
Then they quickly decided that it should also be colored.
Finally the oldest was able to cut out her shape on the saw
She needed some help with the action. mostly how to hold the piece down and feed it.
But she got the hang of it
The youngest one has the attention span of a squirrel presently, so it is a bit more of a challenge :-)
Besides she has yet to finished her masterpiece
And by the time she was ready to cut, Jean mentioned maybe we should go to the beach.
The kids quickly turned that into lets go swimming, so the other masterpiece has not been cut, she decided to leave it as is and go swimming now.
So packed a lunch and off they went. I stayed behind with Rudy to get some yard work done.
So this is what we ended up with today.
Its going to be a long way before we built our first Applewhite chairs together :-)
Quick intro to the shop, but I got to learned a few things about them.
Next, we will be making a Grampa birdhouse, stay tuned :-)
I think Ill pre cut some of the pieces and they will assembled them then paint them of course …
Bob, the learning Grampa
Thank you so much. My 6 year old daughter is always looking for fun woodworking projects. My wife is an artist and so my daughter also get's to paint. I can see where the nice idea above would get my daughter to do both things. Plus, she would get to make some of her own toys. I'm sure there are some good lessons in that as well.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Joe
Hi Bob
ReplyDeleteGreat to see grand kids in the shop.
A small scroll saw seems like a hit!
Brgds
Jonas
Bob,
ReplyDeleteReminds me of building a small box with Levi the last time the kids visited. "We" glued it up and painted it with red milk paint. As far as I know he is still keeping a couple of his toy cars in it.
The attention span of a squirrel is too true.
ken
You are a lucky grandpa indeed. The older one cut out the what I am assuming is a round shape better I could.
ReplyDeleteI will be reading this with attention. The grand sons are 5 and 3.
ReplyDeleteSylvain
Hi Joe
ReplyDeleteWith an artist background in the family, that would for sure be a quick project to do in the shop. Select flat on one side boards (could be one half of a split small logs) or anything else you can find, even flat beach rocks can be painted, but you have to literally baked them first to release the trapped moisture inside for a successful job.
Imagination is the only limit. Have fun with your daughter doing stuff together. Life's priceless moments.
Best regards
Bob
Hi Jonas
ReplyDeleteYes, its fun to have the kids in the shop, but it is also a lot easier one on one. The both of them together get a lot trickier to supervised :-)
Best regards my friend
Bob
HI Ken
ReplyDeleteIndeed the attention of squirrels is just about right for the youngest one. In her defense, she will grow up :-)
I'm sure that little red box will be treasured by Levi for a long time
Bob, who has a few more accoutrements to cut and shape today
HI Ralph
ReplyDeleteThat roundish shape is an Emoji. She followed her lines which was not quite round to start with, but the whole idea was to cut following a line. She did good.
Bob, the taskmaster
HI Sylvain
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear you have two littles ones and I am sure you are itching to introduced them to the shop.
This is all new to me, but I do have a background in teaching maintenance on sophisticated weapons systems and my last job here was the MWO Tech Standard and SAMS (Senior Aircraft Maintenance Superintentent) at the training Squadron for the CP140 Aurora and did similar jobs at the CF18 school.
Mind you teaching little ones is different, I will admit, but I can still apply lots of lessons learned, just have to keep in mind they are little kids not young technicians :-)
Oh, and maybe I should drop their morning inspections of their bedrooms in the morning at O dark hundred? Kidding :-)
Bob, ye old Master Warrant Officer