Children's Toy Oven

A great toy oven! With the insurgence of plastic crap, it’s nice to see people taking the time to make toys for their kids. I bet they are more appreciated than that stuff from Walmart. Nice work!

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Well done. I love these things. My wife teaches kindergarten and has a very similar one in her class. How did you learn that it is safe to iron on to wood? It is a great idea.

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Mmmmm, I can smell the cookies. Very nice.

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I tried two different techniques to create the stovetop. The first was to print out the concentric circles on a laser printer. I then took the laser printout and flipped it onto a sample piece of plywood and attempted to iron that on, basically reversing the original process from printing onto paper. That worked ok, but it wasn’t that dark.

I then remembered I had the T-shirt transfer paper lying around, so I printed the same pattern out on an inkjet and tested it again, with better results. I actually had put a primer coat of poly on the top first, but it worked just find on plain wood as well.

This is a primer for my next toy project, which is a toy kitchen sink to match, but don’t tell my daughter. I have till March to finish that one.

-- jim

Boy that is neat.

How about using a hole saw to make her some cookies.

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Beautiful looking stove for a beautiful little girl. Very creative work.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

That is so cute. (So is the stove) What a wonderful toy, made with love.

-- Maplewood, MN

how awesome.

you must have been so excited as you watched her discover it.

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Very cute, and I would never have thought of using the T-Shirt iron ons we have laying around. Very inventive. Looks great and she looks very happy. Great job :>)

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

Great little project…And the customer looks very pleased!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Great oven, and the new owner could not look prouder!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

That kind of stuff is so cool when it’s handmade. My mom ran a preschool when I was a kid and it was filled with stuff like that that my grandpa made because the business was on such a tight budget. I am so glad I grew up with the handmade version rather than the plastic walmart version like tom meantioned. That will be enjoyed for generations to come. Great job. (And clever with the iron-on transfers!)

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I’ve favourited that Jim. What a lovely gift. We now have two baby granddaughters; (not that little boys shouldn’t play with ovens; oh no!) so this idea will no doubt be very useful before long. And, again, that t-shirt printing idea could have all sorts of applications. Thank you.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

Jim A truly magic transformation of plain old plywood into a thing of love.

The smile on her face is priceless.

A great gift of love. The T-Shirt idea is a great one.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

What a great idea. I have four (yes four) daughters and they would love this. Great job.

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