Kids Stilts - Built by my Daughter

Sheesh…I couldn’t get my 9 year old nephew interested in building our potato cannon. If you’re going to do any spray can finishing, get one of those trigger attachments – we found out that even a big 9 year old doesn’t have the hand size or grip strength to spray without one.

-- My broker promised me he would treat my money as if it were his own. Trouble is, he did.

Awesome! The blue prints are a great idea. I had a pair of stilts made out of 2×4s when I was a kid. This adjustable design is great. I’m excited for my son to be old enough to do these things. If he doesn’t like it I’ll use them!

-- some day I hope to have enough clamps to need a clamp cart!

So very cute eye and ear protection.
Good way to start them.

Thats great!!! I try to get my daughter in the shop as much as I can!!! she’s only 4 so thats not too often.

-- I didn't go to college, I was too busy learning stuff - Ted Nugent

real cool project – even cooler is how and by whom it was made!

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

You must have had fun together just what a dad and his daughter need time ,precious time.She’s a little angel .Wow wish I had a daughter LOL still I have grown up now three wonderful sons.Have fun.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

That’s wonderful, way to get her involved :)

That’s so very great to be able to spend father and daughter time in the workshop. Great first project, too.

My father taught me a lot when I was young in his workshop. I was so disappointed in high school when the school wouldn’t let me take woodshop (as it was called then) because “girls” didn’t do that!!! Obviously that was a number of years ago.

-- Verna -- Indianapolis, IN

Way to go DAD! The plans were an excellent way to establish student independent mastery of the subject. YOu get an A+ on project project planning! Daughter gets an A+ on project completion.

-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."

She looks so serious! My daughter is grown and lives out of the area and I wasn’t into woodworking while she was growing up but I sure miss doing things together with her. Treasure such moments because before you know it she will be out of the house and married with kids of her own.

Jim

-- A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to and including his/her life".

fantastic story and pictures
tell your daughter (what ever her name is ) :-) that she has make a great job
on those stillts
A+ for her way of working with safty gear and job well done

take care
Dennis

Gold star for Dad for believing in his daughter.. trusting his daughter… inspiring his daughter.. encouraging his daughter.. and being aware of her skills and providing the opportunity to sharpen these skills. (and the plans are brilliant!)

Gold star to the woodworker for the skills, the determination, the focus, the belief in herself and her follow-through.

Great project … great experience… pass the tissues!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

A true woodworker in the making.
I see the tongue is in proper position,
and she has a bandaged finger.
My kinda girl…really gets into her work.
She did a great job on these !!

Lisa

-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com

A fun project buy a super woodworker

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Tom,

I can merely echo the comments of those who have beat me to this.

Great project.

I see your daughter has already mastered the most important technique in woodworking, the ability to hold your tongue “just right” when concentrating on doing a critcal task…

To both you and your daughter, keep up the good work.

Be Careful!

Herb

-- Herb, Florida - Here's why I close most messages with "Be Careful!" http://lumberjocks.com/HerbC/blog/17090