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Toys from scraps

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Randy Sharp

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When the pine-scrap box gets full, take a day and build a few simple toys. The “cart-o-blocks” is the hands-down favorite. I always have a few of these toys around as gifts to children in the neighborhood, or one-year-olds at work and church.

The “lincoln logs” are a toughie project, but you can crank out about eight of the cart-o-blocks on a Saturday (painting is several cans of Rustoleum’s glossy).

-- Randy, Tupelo, MS


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pinkfish

24 posts in 58 days


posted 57 days ago

Nice. Is pine strong enough for blocks? I was sort of going back and forth on that issue.

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Randy Sharp

64 posts in 59 days


posted 57 days ago

Pine is perfect! I slightly round over the side edges, then cut to length. I tumble the pieces in a 5-gal. bucket to knock of the splinters and rough edges from cross-cutting (My wife won’t let me use her clothes dryer, the perfect solution). Works great! The bottom is 1/4 plywood over three center braces made of oak. The pine wheels screw into them. It’s strong enough for a toddler to be pulled around on.

-- Randy, Tupelo, MS

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WhiskeyWaters

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posted 57 days ago

Pine’s possibly the perfect wood for kids toys – no kid, no matter how rough, can beat up wood that much. And if they can? It’s pine. Toss it and build another.

Only thing to worry about, especially young kids (under 3 group) is non-toxic paint, and painting the pieces so they don’t chip.

Great project, Randy.

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Scott Bryan

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posted 57 days ago

Now this is a project that any young child would love to play with!!

Very nice.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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ND2ELK

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posted 52 days ago

Love your toys. I am sure they make many children very happy. Thanks for posting.

God bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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