It’s not much, but it’s a NUF!
When my cousin Carl’s daughter was little he designed a 30 pound boat built from one sheet of 10 foot plywood and two 10 foot fir 1 X 4s. It was a clever design meant to get kids out on the water under their own power. I built two of these boats, one for...
Builder Boards as an Eagle Scout Project
Boards ready for notching. The pattern for 10 notch, 6 notch, and 4 notch boards are on top of the proper length boards.
Kids: Take It Apart
This is an electricity board made from parts taken from a VCR and a tape deck. It is powered by and electric train transformer. It got a lot of kids interested in electricity.
Go Carts Verses the Science Olympiad or Third Grade Engineering
When I was in the third grade, my sister and I and a couple neighborhood kids designed “go carts”.
The Electricity Board for Kids
Electricity is a slippery subject. Its hard to wrap your mind around something you can’t see.
A Dollhouse from a Recycled Drawer
My wife got the idea to build a doll house for our grandkids and got a big drawer from the restore.
Free plans: The Mirror Steeror
Children can steer themselves from short and fat to tall and skinny.
Solar Energy with Kids
Solar cooked hot dogs really do taste better
A Rube Goldberg Machine from a Treadle sewing Machine
when it quit working I’d say, “can you figure out what’s wrong?”
Free plans: The Marble Roll
Make this magnetic marble roll with the kids, then watch them enjoy constructing infinite paths for the marbles.