Great job for a newbie. Thumbs up! I went through the comments and some people write the same things as I was thinking of. So I won't repeat those. Your little one is now seven years older. I guess he/she had a wonderful time playing with these blocks.
I appreciated the honesty in this video. A lot of diy videos have the project all figured out perfectly, so the video doesn't feel natural. Your's feels very honest. Thank you for highlighting your mistakes so that the next time you or we do this project, we can all learn from them. Secondly, I am blind, and I appreciate the way you discribed what you were doing. This wasn't even what I was looking for, but I enjoyed it immensely and will remember these techniques for future projects. Thank you again.
Katie, Following your directions, I made these blocks almost 5 years ago for my one grandson and I'm now making a new set for my 7 month old grandson. Thank you for all the suggestions. I made an assortment of sizes and colors and then used a wood burner to add letters and numbers. They came out great the last time so fingers crossed that the new set will as well.
What a thoughtful beautiful gift for your child. If you make more, save some time by plaining or sanding the side edges, before you cut to size. Love the result though well done for all those hard work, they are beautiful
Excellent! Love this. You have a very good eye for aesthetics. Love how you stained rather than painted so as to show the lovely grain and preserve a tactile feel.
"that's not how I roll" lol...great looking blocks and as far as them not being perfect, that's the beauty of home made/hand crafted stuff...very colorful and vivid!
To Make it easier,trim off the two ends first saves sanding the really rough ends,and sand the edges and faces before you cut them,much easier then you only have to sand any rough spots where the cut is.also if you put a stop block on your miter saw with a plywood/60+ tooth blade you can cut,slide to the stop block cut and repeat.saves alot of measuring and they all com out the same size.
James McGuire Thanks, those are great tips! The rough edges mostly came from how I was cutting the blocks. I was a bit nervous of the saw and got better cuts as I became comfortable and my movements were more fluid. It would be helpful to have some scrap wood to practice on for newbies like me. :)
Loved this! Although we don't have children yet, my husband and I were actually talking about making blocks the other day and how we would like to do that instead of buying them. Glad to see it won't be difficult :)
I was given some offcuts from our local wood shop, as I wanted to make some blocks for my rubber stamps. I give up but now I know how to sand them properly. I intend to finish what I started and I will wax them too. Thank you, your video has been such a help xxx
I’m not making blocks but was looking for safe dye methods two of my three will be building their own hand tool woodwork boxes and I am sure they will want to color them and I’d rather use simple dyes so they can do it then I will clear coat for them great video
I'm making these for my Grandson for Christmas. I will use scrap wood we already have. Cut all different kinds of shapes. For 26 of them, I will use my wood burning set to put the letters of the alphabet pryer to coloring with dying. 10 of them will be for his numbers. Hence he will learn to build, learn his colors , numbers AND letters!
wow you did such a great job! im going to try your method on a raw rainbow stacker im buying off of etsy! thank you for even including the wax recipe. this is the part that i didnt want to have to buy a product for. i have everything i need in my cupboard!
+Sharleen Graybill great. Be sure not to let your pieces get too wet, since your pieces will nest you will want to make sure they don't warp and no longer fit. use many thin layers instead of fewer soaking layers.
Awesome tip for wood. Thank you! I liked that you used a qutip to "paint" the wood. I think this will give me more control on how much of the alcohol paint I put on the wood. Great tip!
Thanks, this is by far the easiest way I've seen to colour blocks, the blocks I'm doing are 1/4" so very fiddly, but I only have 80 to do, so I'll be fine.
A few little tips (at this point you probably don't need this, but someone else might benefit from this): you don't have to measure all the blocks along the board each time you cut one. You can cut a single block, and then you can use that block as a guide to cut all the other blocks of the exact same size. Stick it firmly on top of the board with a clamp or some tape, and it'll help guide the saw to cut at the exact place. :) Or, perhaps to get a little bit more precision with the saw, you could use an oblong section of one of those boards as a guide. You can use the block to help place the guide before cutting. Also, personally, I find it a bit easier to stick the sand paper onto some flat surface with some tape, and then move the wood along it.
I would like to try the same food color and beeswax/oil finish. Would you kindly share a photo of the blocks today if they are still around? Am interested in durability of the finish
Probably, I used alcohol so that it would evaporate quickly and not damage the wood. Probably didn't make much of a difference but that was my reasoning
You can wash in warm soapy water but it's important that you wash them quickly and dry them right away. Don't let them soak. Blot dry with a rag you don't care about staining it paper towel because some color may transfer
not to drag this out, any particular soap? my mom was always about Murphy's when it came to wood, thank you again for your input and your video, looks fun.
@@mdorf61 I wouldn't use Murphy's. Honestly I was most of my kids toys with just dish soap. If the wood seems to dry out you can reapply the beeswax coating
They are doing great. now being played with by 2 children. They probably could use another layer of beeswax but I've never taken the time. 1 or 2 have chipped corners and I sanded them smooth. Those sanded areas no longer have color but I decided seeing a little bare wood was better than a bad match job.
I tried this but im not able to drip my food colouring it has a open top so worked it out 10 drops is 5mls and a table spoon is 18mls so 1 third of your alcohol should be a good ratio just thought id share it
I wouldn’t have bothered making all those lines. After you cut the first one, you can set a stop block and use the first one as a guide and that way they’ll all be the same size
making some for my daughter now. Bought a really pretty pink wood to make hers and cut them all down to size. next I'm going to hodgepodge 5 puzzles on five of the faces and then the alphabet and 0 through 9 on the others. I'll have one with 5 blank faces not used for puzzles but those I will put pictures of either TV characters or our family, not sure which yet.
I treated the cut ends just the same as everything else. The ends did end up drinking up more dye and are a bit darker but it is not something that bothers me too much.
Nice work. If you are doing a series of cuts, such as, the 1 1/2" cuts, don't bother measuring and marking the wood. That is inefficient. Make a stop on the table saw or miter saw you are using at the desired distance, i.e., 1 1/2". 1. Push the board to the stop and cut. 2. Remove the cut piece. 3. Return to 1. I usually just clamp a straight board to the fence. ua-cam.com/video/gmSMY1HczTc/v-deo.html
I was trolling around and came across your tutorial. I’m a master carpenter and I want to say well done!! Very well done!!
Thanks!
As someone who knows how to do this stuff, what's the best thing to dye and seal baby's blocks like this?
Great job for a newbie. Thumbs up! I went through the comments and some people write the same things as I was thinking of.
So I won't repeat those. Your little one is now seven years older. I guess he/she had a wonderful time playing with these blocks.
I appreciated the honesty in this video. A lot of diy videos have the project all figured out perfectly, so the video doesn't feel natural. Your's feels very honest. Thank you for highlighting your mistakes so that the next time you or we do this project, we can all learn from them. Secondly, I am blind, and I appreciate the way you discribed what you were doing. This wasn't even what I was looking for, but I enjoyed it immensely and will remember these techniques for future projects. Thank you again.
Beautiful blocks! So much nicer than commercially available blocks.
Great job, Thanks for sharing your coloring ides
Katie, Following your directions, I made these blocks almost 5 years ago for my one grandson and I'm now making a new set for my 7 month old grandson. Thank you for all the suggestions. I made an assortment of sizes and colors and then used a wood burner to add letters and numbers. They came out great the last time so fingers crossed that the new set will as well.
Planning on painting some wood cutouts for my kids and I stumbled upon your video on how to dye them. Thanks for sharing your process!
Thanks for posting this! My husband and I wanted to make blocks for our daughter and this was really helpful!
i'd buy simple wood blocks, cut already and color. good for you, you are amazing!
They were hard to find at a reasonable price.
What a thoughtful beautiful gift for your child. If you make more, save some time by plaining or sanding the side edges, before you cut to size. Love the result though well done for all those hard work, they are beautiful
Excellent! Love this. You have a very good eye for aesthetics. Love how you stained rather than painted so as to show the lovely grain and preserve a tactile feel.
Thank you :)
"that's not how I roll" lol...great looking blocks and as far as them not being perfect, that's the beauty of home made/hand crafted stuff...very colorful and vivid!
I like the coloring and sealing technique.
Nice blocks Katie, well done!
your baby is lucky to have a momma like you. my mom never would do this for me.
They turned out really pretty!
Thank you :)
Great job! You are really good mom 🥰
These are beautiful! I'm going to make some for my son.
Beautiful
Use an acrylic paint conditioner before you stain the wood for an even color finish, and 3 coats of beeswax to seal the color in.
Awesome idea you gave us 😊 thanks super mom
I love these
Always mix the darker color (little bit at a time) into the lighter colors to achieve what you desire. Very nice job !!!! Very nice indeed.
this is so beautiful! you are so thoughtful and creative you did an amazing job 💕
To Make it easier,trim off the two ends first saves sanding the really rough ends,and sand the edges and faces before you cut them,much easier then you only have to sand any rough spots where the cut is.also if you put a stop block on your miter saw with a plywood/60+ tooth blade you can cut,slide to the stop block cut and repeat.saves alot of measuring and they all com out the same size.
James McGuire Thanks, those are great tips! The rough edges mostly came from how I was cutting the blocks. I was a bit nervous of the saw and got better cuts as I became comfortable and my movements were more fluid. It would be helpful to have some scrap wood to practice on for newbies like me. :)
Wow these are wonderful! Great video! You did a fantastic job!
Nice work!
youre amazing. this is a really clear instructional video. I NEED to make my own blocks as they are simply not available in my second language
Loved this! Although we don't have children yet, my husband and I were actually talking about making blocks the other day and how we would like to do that instead of buying them. Glad to see it won't be difficult :)
TheNotSoOrdinaryWife Thanks! They were fun to make and not too difficult :)
This is Amazing!!!!👏👏👏
I was given some offcuts from our local wood shop, as I wanted to make some blocks for my rubber stamps. I give up but now I know how to sand them properly. I intend to finish what I started and I will wax them too. Thank you, your video has been such a help xxx
Can't find the stains I want for a large clock face made out of cubed blocks like these, then came across your video - perfect. Thank you
I’m not making blocks but was looking for safe dye methods two of my three will be building their own hand tool woodwork boxes and I am sure they will want to color them and I’d rather use simple dyes so they can do it then I will clear coat for them great video
I'm making these for my Grandson for Christmas. I will use scrap wood we already have. Cut all different kinds of shapes. For 26 of them, I will use my wood burning set to put the letters of the alphabet pryer to coloring with dying. 10 of them will be for his numbers. Hence he will learn to build, learn his colors , numbers AND letters!
Thank you so much for this video, going to make these for my 10 month old!
Kaylee Gaertner Yay! Its a fun project and I know your little one will love them :)
Great video using different types of wood would give some really good grain patterns im going to try some with some oak offcuts I got
wow you did such a great job! im going to try your method on a raw rainbow stacker im buying off of etsy! thank you for even including the wax recipe. this is the part that i didnt want to have to buy a product for. i have everything i need in my cupboard!
+Sharleen Graybill great. Be sure not to let your pieces get too wet, since your pieces will nest you will want to make sure they don't warp and no longer fit. use many thin layers instead of fewer soaking layers.
Awesome tip for wood. Thank you! I liked that you used a qutip to "paint" the wood. I think this will give me more control on how much of the alcohol paint I put on the wood. Great tip!
thanks for the video it was helpfuly for my projects
Thanks, this is by far the easiest way I've seen to colour blocks, the blocks I'm doing are 1/4" so very fiddly, but I only have 80 to do, so I'll be fine.
A few little tips (at this point you probably don't need this, but someone else might benefit from this): you don't have to measure all the blocks along the board each time you cut one. You can cut a single block, and then you can use that block as a guide to cut all the other blocks of the exact same size. Stick it firmly on top of the board with a clamp or some tape, and it'll help guide the saw to cut at the exact place. :)
Or, perhaps to get a little bit more precision with the saw, you could use an oblong section of one of those boards as a guide. You can use the block to help place the guide before cutting.
Also, personally, I find it a bit easier to stick the sand paper onto some flat surface with some tape, and then move the wood along it.
good job
cool
Any guidance on how to cut them. What can be used to cut them?
I used a circular saw. The boards are small enough that you could use a hand saw but it will be harder to get smooth straight cuts.
Those are great,i love homemade
I would like to try the same food color and beeswax/oil finish. Would you kindly share a photo of the blocks today if they are still around? Am interested in durability of the finish
These are very very pretty would they still look this good using water in substitute for the alcohol?
Probably, I used alcohol so that it would evaporate quickly and not damage the wood. Probably didn't make much of a difference but that was my reasoning
good
Thank you! I like to know if the color dyed inside the wood?
I imagine it did not go very far into the wood,
Did you notice much more transfer of dye as they were used and played with?
+anterwilliger No, she plays with them everyday and I have not noticed anything on her hands or clothes.
how did you wash?
You can wash in warm soapy water but it's important that you wash them quickly and dry them right away. Don't let them soak. Blot dry with a rag you don't care about staining it paper towel because some color may transfer
not to drag this out, any particular soap? my mom was always about Murphy's when it came to wood, thank you again for your input and your video, looks fun.
@@mdorf61 I wouldn't use Murphy's. Honestly I was most of my kids toys with just dish soap. If the wood seems to dry out you can reapply the beeswax coating
Curious how these have held up over time with playing?
They are doing great. now being played with by 2 children. They probably could use another layer of beeswax but I've never taken the time. 1 or 2 have chipped corners and I sanded them smooth. Those sanded areas no longer have color but I decided seeing a little bare wood was better than a bad match job.
@@KatieCooksandCrafts great, thank you, I'm planning on giving these a go,!
I used to mix with water, but the alcohol is a great idea..
I buy cheap gloves when dyeing (harbor freight).
Thanks
Dennis Adams haha, gloves would have kept me clean. I have them, I just don't always take the time to put them on.
Katie Cooks and Crafts Same with me. I can't tell you how many times I did not wear gloves and should have.
I think Shellac is kid friendly and help the color stay on the blocks.
Very nice:-)
Is it Non toxic for babys?
"They are usually around $8-$10 each" - watching this in 2021 makes me cry
I tried this but im not able to drip my food colouring it has a open top so worked it out 10 drops is 5mls and a table spoon is 18mls so 1 third of your alcohol should be a good ratio just thought id share it
great, I am glad it worked out for you and thank you for sharing your tips
What’s the size of the wood length and width , and the size you measure after cut out
Did you add sand?
why can't you put poly sealer on them?
I wouldn’t have bothered making all those lines. After you cut the first one, you can set a stop block and use the first one as a guide and that way they’ll all be the same size
making some for my daughter now. Bought a really pretty pink wood to make hers and cut them all down to size. next I'm going to hodgepodge 5 puzzles on five of the faces and then the alphabet and 0 through 9 on the others. I'll have one with 5 blank faces not used for puzzles but those I will put pictures of either TV characters or our family, not sure which yet.
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wood prix is nice for that.
how did you cut them?
I cut them with my dad's miter saw
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What about the "kerfs"?
I treated the cut ends just the same as everything else. The ends did end up drinking up more dye and are a bit darker but it is not something that bothers me too much.
Nice work.
If you are doing a series of cuts, such as, the 1 1/2" cuts, don't bother measuring and marking the wood. That is inefficient.
Make a stop on the table saw or miter saw you are using at the desired distance, i.e., 1 1/2".
1. Push the board to the stop and cut.
2. Remove the cut piece.
3. Return to 1.
I usually just clamp a straight board to the fence.
ua-cam.com/video/gmSMY1HczTc/v-deo.html
+James Meyer yes marking ahead of time was wasted effort. Put those are some of the things I learned doing this. Thanks for the suggestions.
Love how the blocks came out but not a fan of the paint
hi.. i m wooden block makker
Work goes much faster and nicer with Stodoys instructions.
I’m buying blocks
I'm not seeing blue. I'm seeing green
Try best plans for woodworkers. woodprix.
"These one's"? Can you make enough blocks and stuff to build the Parthenon? Do your research in Greek history. Please video and post!
man making a block of wood is so hard
+Dillon Taylor lol!
$14 in 2024
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Can you please hurry up!
BeepBeepImASheep237 BeepBeepImASheep237 you can skip ahead & stfu
Sorry. This doesn't qualify as DIY.
+Pablo Nogueira thanks for your assessment
Yes it does.
How would it not? Did you want her to grow the tree & chop it down herself? Of course this is a diy lol