I call it the "Candle Trophy!" - Great post.... Lowes puts on an event every other sat or so called a Lowes Build and Grow. Its free for kids to come in and make something like this. I respect Lowes a lot for doing something like this and am more loyal to shop there because of it. Great as always Steve.
30 years from now that child will still have that candlestick and the story of how THEY made it themselves. They with either use it to prove to their spouse " look I am handy" or it may "light the fuse" for a lifetime of woodworking projects.
AWESOME project, I am definitely going to be doing this project with my son! He is only 5 but he always wants to help me, so I think he will be really exited if I tell him this is his project and I will be helping him this time!! lol...........By the way, why would anyone dislike a kid project???
Hi Steve, What a wonderfull idea to do that with a primary school. I'm a woodworking teacher on a secondary vocational school in the Netherlands and I've got a small tip for you. When you saw with the handsaw, try to grab the handle like a gun. Then you can adjust your saw with your indexfinger.
That is indeed very simple and an excellent first project, one that is very easy to expand on if they are a little older and have a greater attention span.
Čestitam ti Stv, projekat je odličan u svojoj jednostavnosti a istovremeno ostavlja prostor da se mašta razigra, zavisno od pojedeinca. Pozdrav. S'poštovanjem!
Thanks Steve my kids are off for Easter and I have to take them to my shop, thats a great project to start them on! There aren't many videos on here for kids projects, they always seem to be selling the Ted's ripoffs so any more from you would be very welcome! - Chris
I'm 12 and have made about 7 or 8 sets of Lincoln Logs and have sold most of them. I've made some other projects you've made, and I really like your channel! Thanks!!
Several years ago I was a member of a woodworking group and we would do some goodwill things in teh community. We had this booth at teh county fair and we were making birdhouses with kids there at the fair. It was one of teh fuinnest things! We had all teh pieces preped holes drilles etc and all theyu had to do was hammer nails and assemble it. They had such a good time and were so proud of there birdhouse when they left. Good Stuff! Thanks for sharing Steve! Chris
My kids, 7 & 13, are looking forward to making your wind spinner from last summer. To err on the side of caution, I'll cut the wood. They can paint & assemble. Maybe they could maje your pencil block too. Love the ideas Steve! Cheers.
My son is 3. He loves to help me in the shop. He really likes to hammer on projects that i am trying to clamp up. He also loves to sweep the pile of saw dust i just swept up. Oh and take all the scrap wood from the bin and stack it in neat piles all over the garage for me to pick up later. I wish he was older so i could do projects with him.......but he is pretty fun right now. We do goto Home Depo to do there kids project, he has a blast.
Every time I see dislikes in this type of videos I wonder what kind of people wouldn't like this. Then I decide they are not worth my time and I continue with my life.
I love it. I, too, have been "called upon" to conduct woodworking 'classes' for groups of kids (Cub Scouts) several times now. I always had the kids make my "magic propeller" toy. It's quick an easy. But I've always wondered what I'd do if I ever had to do it with the same kids again. You've got me thinking in some new directions now. Thanks!
Brilliant thing to involve the kids! Great video Steve! We made some plywood hearts with my daughter (5) on the scroll saw. It has a safety glass covering the cutting area and we did it all together so it was quite ok to do. Even my 2 years old son made a litle triangle by cutting one of the corners of the board. :) It was an easy thing to do and much fun, They both loved it and were very proud of thier creations. And of course I'm also very proud of them.
Thank you for this video. I am a co-leader of a Girl Scout Troop and this will be a great activity. I am a father of three girls and I am trying to teach them that woodworking can be done by anyone, boy or girl. Thanks again Steve you continue to inspire
This is perfect! I've been trying to think of a simple project my 4yo daughter could do, she seems very interested in making things especially with tools. I might even let her try and shape it on the lathe. Thanks Steve.
Another great video! You might be surprised what impact you had on those kids. At least you gave them a great memory. Me and my son made a couple guitar pick boxes from your video and we both had a blast.
To simply give my point of view - I grew up in Sweden and we all took wood shop classes from 2nd to 6th grade (where we used hand saws, band saws, drill presses and more). It seems to have served us well.
The Swedish "sloyd" system ("handicrafts", adopted from Finland) was refined and exported worldwide, including to the U.S., in the 1880s and became the foundation of American school woodworking classes, though here it was for older students. The woodworking classes I had in the early 1960s were a direct result of this program, though I didn't know it at the time, and instructors were capable and rigorous. It has been discontinued in U.S. public schools starting in the 1950s-60s, though the original sloyd teachers training school, the North Bennett Street School in Boston, is still a highly regarded woodworking institution. It's really a terrible loss for us. I have tried to do some projects with my grandkids but they are totally absorbed in electronic games and do not care anything about working in the shop, or even playing outside for that matter.
Nice Steve, as a cubscout leader I applaud projects like this! Its great to see a simple project that isn't a birdhouse / feeder or pine step stool. Our pack gets a healthy does of woodworking every January for pinewood derby as well. I have to say it was doing the Pinewood derby with my older sons that resparked my interest in woodworking.
Thanks for the vid and pointers, Steve. Right now all my kids' tools are plastic. They're 4 & 3, but both of them would take their plastic hacksaws and really go at the stretcher of the table I built them. Don't know when I'd let them use my saws though. I use Shark Saws, and while some people may not think much of them, they're very sharp and fit my needs perfectly. The first time I used them, the blade somehow bounced off the wood and a single tooth landed on my thumb. It was such a light nick, but it drew blood. So, it might still be some time.. oh well.
I taught kids woodworking at uc davis for a few summers. we made stilts and sound boxes... kind of like a drum with four tones. challenging yes but rewarding as well.
When I had woodworking in school (this was ages ago, maybe... 20 years now I think), my teacher had us make a tool box, and then we also got to make miniature catapults that could throw erasers a good 15-20 feet. We also made trimaran sail boats with three plastic bottles attached to a wooden frame.Those days cemented my love for woodworking, and for history.
In "woodworking" in like the 4. grade we were only allowed to use a file because hand saws are just much too dangerous. You can imagine what kind of frustration level we had in those classes :D
Wow, you got screwed! And yet, only a hundred years ago, kids at that age would have been out hunting, fishing, farming and doing more than most of us adults do today. Just too many Safety Sallies out there these days.
At that age, I did make my very own knife in woodworking class. Our teacher found it more valuable to teach us what a proper tool is, then the "safety issues" that came with it. I still use it almost daily as a grown up, and none of my classmates of that time has murdered anyone with it yet..
That really sucks. I have some super8 footage of me around 5-6 years old sawing and hammering away in my grandpa's backyard. He taught us to use the lathe, the drill press and the electric grinder before we were 12. It just takes some dedication and care. As C Keevil said too many safety rules. And as Ariel pointed out too much laziness from the teachers. Let the kids have a purple finger from time to time. That´s how you learn. On the downside I envy you guys for actually having woodworking classes.
ninguemvj If little kevin comes home with a purple finger well caring parents will sue the teacher for physical injury resulting from negligence. Thats how it is these days, at least here in germany.
Cosmas Bauer I bet it is like that everywhere...except on places like the one I live where they don´t even bother teaching woodworking. But that´s basically it: too much protection. Too much fear of being sued. Oh boy! Where is the fun on growing up? Parents might start suing trees if their precious one fall from one.
Hey Steve thanks for your videos im working at a summer camp in the summer with my own wood shop !! But there are like 15 children in a class arrr crazy I can relate with them having short attention spans you videos have helped loads
This is an excellent video. Thank you so much! I'll be doing this with my Girl Scouts today and feel much less overwhelmed with this project because of your great detailed instructions. I'm not a woodworker but as a Girl Scout leader get called upon to teach many skills I don't have 😀
Great idea and about the approach of teaching I concur. Though it may surprise you how many will do something similar at home from now on. Even it is only to hammer a door shut to lock a sibling in his/her room.
As a kid (4 or 5 years old) I used to take a bucket of water and a paint brush and pretend to paint the back deck. The water would make the red stain on the deck look darker until the sun dried it up, hours of fun.
I think the first thing I built in wood shop in school was a candle holder. It was a wall sconce. As I remember the object was not only to build them, but to calculate how to market and sell them at a profit figuring in our material costs and time per unit. We did that just after they had us stop sewing Nike sneakers...
This is a great little video with many tips. However my girlfriend who's a designer and builds lanterns from engraved glass and wood had some thought about fire safety. Because it's not very safe to light a candle on a wooden surface. Nice project though, love from sweden.
Thank you for a wonderful idea. I will teach stagecraft at the local high school next school year and I have been looking for a way to introduce the kids to using tools without too much fuss. This is it! many thanks. But please, Steve, use safety glasses. I would love to show your videos but cannot because you never wear eye protection.
I am a kid and I do wood working projects that go on for about 2 weeks every time I can other times like after school I go into the work shop and just make something out of wood
Great project Steve. But I have to say, what happens when the candle wick burns all the way to the bottom with no metal baseplate separating the candle from the wood? Sorry to say it but I think this could start a fire if left unattended.
I may be teaching a woodworking class to kids within the coming days, I want to make sure it is completely safe, is there anything you can do to make sure the wood doesn’t light on fire?
Oh nice, Steve is going the hand tool only route! ;)
Good kid project!
I call it the "Candle Trophy!" - Great post.... Lowes puts on an event every other sat or so called a Lowes Build and Grow. Its free for kids to come in and make something like this. I respect Lowes a lot for doing something like this and am more loyal to shop there because of it. Great as always Steve.
30 years from now that child will still have that candlestick and the story of how THEY made it themselves. They with either use it to prove to their spouse " look I am handy" or it may "light the fuse" for a lifetime of woodworking projects.
You are making a better world with your job and passion for woodworking. Thank you for sharing and teaching our kids.
Awesome idea, Steve. Simple and fast. Could also be used for older kids to show them how a router can dress up something basic.
Ahh...I like the idea of using the miter box...even for a straight cut. Great project and suggestions Steve. Thanks!
Great idea Steve,
It was doing simple projects like this with my grandpa, that inspired me to get into woodwork.
Great video! Making something fast with only hand tools sounds very kid friendly.
AWESOME project, I am definitely going to be doing this project with my son! He is only 5 but he always wants to help me, so I think he will be really exited if I tell him this is his project and I will be helping him this time!! lol...........By the way, why would anyone dislike a kid project???
Simple and perfect for young kids.
My kids are going to like this project.
Thanks
Hi Steve,
What a wonderfull idea to do that with a primary school. I'm a woodworking teacher on a secondary vocational school in the Netherlands and I've got a small tip for you. When you saw with the handsaw, try to grab the handle like a gun. Then you can adjust your saw with your indexfinger.
This is pure gold. MORE PLS!!!!!
That is indeed very simple and an excellent first project, one that is very easy to expand on if they are a little older and have a greater attention span.
Please Steve. Quality over quantity.
Čestitam ti Stv, projekat je odličan u svojoj jednostavnosti a istovremeno ostavlja prostor da se mašta razigra, zavisno od pojedeinca. Pozdrav.
S'poštovanjem!
Nice. My grandkids are going to enjoy making this.
Thanks Steve my kids are off for Easter and I have to take them to my shop, thats a great project to start them on! There aren't many videos on here for kids projects, they always seem to be selling the Ted's ripoffs so any more from you would be very welcome! - Chris
I'm 12 and have made about 7 or 8 sets of Lincoln Logs and have sold most of them. I've made some other projects you've made, and I really like your channel! Thanks!!
Nice, i like all the added segments recently!
Great job Steve. You never know, that one kid that you are able to inspire might be the next Norm Abram!
Great idea Steve, will be tying that with my 9 year old daughter!
Several years ago I was a member of a woodworking group and we would do some goodwill things in teh community. We had this booth at teh county fair and we were making birdhouses with kids there at the fair. It was one of teh fuinnest things! We had all teh pieces preped holes drilles etc and all theyu had to do was hammer nails and assemble it. They had such a good time and were so proud of there birdhouse when they left. Good Stuff! Thanks for sharing Steve!
Chris
That's a great thing to share with kids Steve. I'm sure they will always remember. Good stuff.
My kids, 7 & 13, are looking forward to making your wind spinner from last summer. To err on the side of caution, I'll cut the wood. They can paint & assemble. Maybe they could maje your pencil block too. Love the ideas Steve! Cheers.
I love mere minis.
I forwarded this to my kids' cub scout leaders. This sure beats that lame birdhouse they keep bringing home!
lol
Thanks for the project idea and instructions. It was a big hit with the cub scouts!
Nice project! My daughter loves to come in the shop. We shouldn't discourage that desire...
My son is 3. He loves to help me in the shop. He really likes to hammer on projects that i am trying to clamp up. He also loves to sweep the pile of saw dust i just swept up. Oh and take all the scrap wood from the bin and stack it in neat piles all over the garage for me to pick up later. I wish he was older so i could do projects with him.......but he is pretty fun right now. We do goto Home Depo to do there kids project, he has a blast.
Every time I see dislikes in this type of videos I wonder what kind of people wouldn't like this. Then I decide they are not worth my time and I continue with my life.
maybe the project was to hard for them
Thankyou for this vid. My girl wants to make something for grandma, this is just the thing!
As a cub scout leader, this is a great idea for a den or pack project. Great job Steve!
Great project, I think it's really important to get young kids excited about being creative.
Great woodworking project.
Great idea Steve, kids love any "hands-on" projects!
I love it. I, too, have been "called upon" to conduct woodworking 'classes' for groups of kids (Cub Scouts) several times now. I always had the kids make my "magic propeller" toy. It's quick an easy. But I've always wondered what I'd do if I ever had to do it with the same kids again. You've got me thinking in some new directions now. Thanks!
Nice story and hints.
Brilliant thing to involve the kids! Great video Steve!
We made some plywood hearts with my daughter (5) on the scroll saw. It has a safety glass covering the cutting area and we did it all together so it was quite ok to do. Even my 2 years old son made a litle triangle by cutting one of the corners of the board. :) It was an easy thing to do and much fun, They both loved it and were very proud of thier creations. And of course I'm also very proud of them.
Thank you for this video. I am a co-leader of a Girl Scout Troop and this will be a great activity. I am a father of three girls and I am trying to teach them that woodworking can be done by anyone, boy or girl. Thanks again Steve you continue to inspire
Very nice Steve!
Excellent project for my small shop visitors.
Thanks a lot Steve !
This is perfect! I've been trying to think of a simple project my 4yo daughter could do, she seems very interested in making things especially with tools. I might even let her try and shape it on the lathe.
Thanks Steve.
Another great video! You might be surprised what impact you had on those kids. At least you gave them a great memory. Me and my son made a couple guitar pick boxes from your video and we both had a blast.
To simply give my point of view - I grew up in Sweden and we all took wood shop classes from 2nd to 6th grade (where we used hand saws, band saws, drill presses and more). It seems to have served us well.
The Swedish "sloyd" system ("handicrafts", adopted from Finland) was refined and exported worldwide, including to the U.S., in the 1880s and became the foundation of American school woodworking classes, though here it was for older students. The woodworking classes I had in the early 1960s were a direct result of this program, though I didn't know it at the time, and instructors were capable and rigorous. It has been discontinued in U.S. public schools starting in the 1950s-60s, though the original sloyd teachers training school, the North Bennett Street School in Boston, is still a highly regarded woodworking institution. It's really a terrible loss for us. I have tried to do some projects with my grandkids but they are totally absorbed in electronic games and do not care anything about working in the shop, or even playing outside for that matter.
Love the idea
Nice Steve, as a cubscout leader I applaud projects like this! Its great to see a simple project that isn't a birdhouse / feeder or pine step stool. Our pack gets a healthy does of woodworking every January for pinewood derby as well.
I have to say it was doing the Pinewood derby with my older sons that resparked my interest in woodworking.
I may try that with my 5 year old daughter.
Thank you Steve.
Steve,
Excellent kid friendly project using limited tools.
Regards,
Bob
Great project for kids, thanks for sharing!
Thanks as usual Steve, great idea, we need young creative juices to flow and a sense of a achievement is a brilliant way of encouraging that!
Thanks for the vid and pointers, Steve. Right now all my kids' tools are plastic. They're 4 & 3, but both of them would take their plastic hacksaws and really go at the stretcher of the table I built them.
Don't know when I'd let them use my saws though. I use Shark Saws, and while some people may not think much of them, they're very sharp and fit my needs perfectly. The first time I used them, the blade somehow bounced off the wood and a single tooth landed on my thumb. It was such a light nick, but it drew blood. So, it might still be some time.. oh well.
I taught kids woodworking at uc davis for a few summers. we made stilts and sound boxes... kind of like a drum with four tones. challenging yes but rewarding as well.
When I had woodworking in school (this was ages ago, maybe... 20 years now I think), my teacher had us make a tool box, and then we also got to make miniature catapults that could throw erasers a good 15-20 feet. We also made trimaran sail boats with three plastic bottles attached to a wooden frame.Those days cemented my love for woodworking, and for history.
This is a cool one Steve.
In "woodworking" in like the 4. grade we were only allowed to use a file because hand saws are just much too dangerous. You can imagine what kind of frustration level we had in those classes :D
Wow, you got screwed! And yet, only a hundred years ago, kids at that age would have been out hunting, fishing, farming and doing more than most of us adults do today. Just too many Safety Sallies out there these days.
At that age, I did make my very own knife in woodworking class. Our teacher found it more valuable to teach us what a proper tool is, then the "safety issues" that came with it. I still use it almost daily as a grown up, and none of my classmates of that time has murdered anyone with it yet..
That really sucks. I have some super8 footage of me around 5-6 years old sawing and hammering away in my grandpa's backyard. He taught us to use the lathe, the drill press and the electric grinder before we were 12. It just takes some dedication and care. As C Keevil said too many safety rules. And as Ariel pointed out too much laziness from the teachers.
Let the kids have a purple finger from time to time. That´s how you learn.
On the downside I envy you guys for actually having woodworking classes.
ninguemvj
If little kevin comes home with a purple finger well caring parents will sue the teacher for physical injury resulting from negligence. Thats how it is these days, at least here in germany.
Cosmas Bauer
I bet it is like that everywhere...except on places like the one I live where they don´t even bother teaching woodworking.
But that´s basically it: too much protection. Too much fear of being sued. Oh boy! Where is the fun on growing up?
Parents might start suing trees if their precious one fall from one.
Hey Steve thanks for your videos im working at a summer camp in the summer with my own wood shop !! But there are like 15 children in a class arrr crazy I can relate with them having short attention spans you videos have helped loads
Good idea Steve
A steak mallet is also a nice project to create! It requires just some glue and a file, once you have the pre-drilled holes!
This is an excellent video. Thank you so much! I'll be doing this with my Girl Scouts today and feel much less overwhelmed with this project because of your great detailed instructions. I'm not a woodworker but as a Girl Scout leader get called upon to teach many skills I don't have 😀
Very cool idea.
Very cool, thanks.
Cheers Steve!
Might have to try that.
Love the Mere Minis Steve
Great idea and about the approach of teaching I concur. Though it may surprise you how many will do something similar at home from now on. Even it is only to hammer a door shut to lock a sibling in his/her room.
That's awesome and simple. Thank you Steve!
Nice mini Steve
Good one Steve! Probably gonna do this with my oldest this weekend! I'll make sure to send you the results!
Thanks, Steve....I can use this with my Cub Scouts!
Great stuff
Great Idea, have to try it. your me mo t- shirt just came yesterday. Going to wear it on my next Video for German Woodworkers.
Wow nice
Thank You Steve, I see you've straightened out the WWMM sign that tilted when you fixed the California Piece
fantastic video
You're a genius!
Спасибо! Просто и ребенку будет понятно !
Haha, great useful tutorial
As a kid (4 or 5 years old) I used to take a bucket of water and a paint brush and pretend to paint the back deck. The water would make the red stain on the deck look darker until the sun dried it up, hours of fun.
Love your videos, dude. Keep it up.
That's awesome, might make one of those for myself :D
I think the first thing I built in wood shop in school was a candle holder. It was a wall sconce. As I remember the object was not only to build them, but to calculate how to market and sell them at a profit figuring in our material costs and time per unit. We did that just after they had us stop sewing Nike sneakers...
Good project for kid starting woodwork who doesn't have ANY fancy tools or benches, basically I'm starting with a hammer and nails
cool!
Cool steve
nice one, also first :P
Cool
I used to play with tools like hammers,nails,drill and a mouse sander in only 13 and I use ever took my grandpa has
This is a great little video with many tips.
However my girlfriend who's a designer and builds lanterns from engraved glass and wood had some thought about fire safety.
Because it's not very safe to light a candle on a wooden surface.
Nice project though, love from sweden.
These projects are great. Does anybody have any other good projects for kids?
i am 11 and i though i have been woodworking for 3 years and even have my own shop no jokes so i think some of the kids you teach might do i again
Thank you for a wonderful idea. I will teach stagecraft at the local high school next school year and I have been looking for a way to introduce the kids to using tools without too much fuss. This is it! many thanks. But please, Steve, use safety glasses. I would love to show your videos but cannot because you never wear eye protection.
Nice project to do with my Grandchildren. Thanks.
I am a kid and I do wood working projects that go on for about 2 weeks every time I can other times like after school I go into the work shop and just make something out of wood
Woodworking for Mere Children (WWMC) I could say.
I made a shelf with help from my grandad
Great project Steve. But I have to say, what happens when the candle wick burns all the way to the bottom with no metal baseplate separating the candle from the wood? Sorry to say it but I think this could start a fire if left unattended.
I may be teaching a woodworking class to kids within the coming days, I want to make sure it is completely safe, is there anything you can do to make sure the wood doesn’t light on fire?
I am 15 but I would say a I am good with wood working
It´d be really cool if one of your single serving students saw this video. I wonder if any of them still has the candle holder.