by Liska Myers | Aug 4, 2019 | Engineering Projects, Wooden Toys
Introduce kids to woodworking by challenging them to create these whimsical steampunk wooden robots – from wood, screws and metal scraps! There is a certain appeal to a pile of loose hardware, wouldn’t you say? All those nuts, bolts and little metal scraps...
by Liska Myers | Oct 8, 2018 | Engineering, Engineering Projects, Other crafts, Technology & Engineering, Wooden Toys
Build a simple articulated wooden robot! It is a great engineering project to teach kids how articulation works and a perfect woodworking project for beginners. My kids have a lot of toys. When I’ve just tripped over one, I tend to think they have too...
by Liska Myers | Apr 22, 2018 | Arts & Crafts, Mother's & Father's Day, Other crafts
Use woodburning technique with kids to make a cutting board that would be a perfect gift for moms and grandmas. The keepsake cutting board captures both the child’s handprints and handwriting! If you like trying new crafts, woodburning is another interesting...
by Liska Myers | Jan 23, 2018 | DIY Toys, Wooden Toys
These handmade tree house blocks open new opportunities for block play, allowing children to create natural-looking constructions and multi-levelled tree houses for fairies and forest creatures to settle in. My son loves building, so our collection of building toys...
by Liska Myers | Jan 6, 2018 | DIY Toys, Wooden Toys
Fairies are delicate creatures, right? Not this time. Our peg doll fairies are made from hardwood so that they can withstand rough toddler’s play! We like wooden toys. When our kids were in their toy-gnawing stage, wood seemed a better bet than painted or...
by Liska Myers | Apr 6, 2017 | Acrylic art projects, Easter, Other crafts, Seasonal
Celebrate Easter with a set of Harry Potter Easter Eggs! Ten or more years ago, were you in one of those line-ups outside the bookstore doors, waiting until midnight to get the new Harry Potter book, so that you could spend the rest of the night immersed in the cozy...
by Liska Myers | Mar 27, 2017 | Easter, Seasonal
If you like decorating eggs for Easter, this craft tutorial will show you how to turn them into a couple of multicultural Matryoshka dolls! The post contains affiliate links to some of the products I’ve used. There are some holiday traditions that come naturally...
by Liska Myers | Mar 15, 2017 | Nature crafts, Other Toys
Add a little bit of everyday magic to your playroom by making a fairy door to go on a baseboard! All you really need is craft sticks, pebbles and glue. It’s refreshing to add a little bit of magic into everyday family life! Sometimes we have a family dinner by...
by Liska Myers | Jan 31, 2017 | Engineering, Engineering Projects, Technology & Engineering
If your kids are into STEM activities and building, these wooden layer blocks will add a new dimension to their wooden block play and allow them to build multi-leveled doll houses, garages and towers! A few years ago, when we first started playing with wooden building...
by Liska Myers | Dec 12, 2016 | Christmas, Seasonal
One of my favourite family traditions for Christmas is making a handmade ornament with the kids to add to our tree. This year’s craft is space ornaments with swirling nebulae and twinkling stars! If our handmade ornament is supposed to represent the year, the...
by Liska Myers | Aug 5, 2016 | Arts & Crafts, Engineering, Engineering Projects, Other crafts, Technology & Engineering
At three months old, Anselm preferred his wooden hammer over his other toys. By twelve months, he had acquired five different hammers, and he has loved tools ever since. Whenever Jeffrey was fixing something around the house, Budster could be seen squatting next to...
by Liska Myers | Jul 1, 2016 | DIY Toys, History, Social Studies, Wooden Toys
When our latest project, a cardboard castle, was nearing completion, we realized that we didn’t have anyone to settle it. That would never do, so out came the wooden peg dolls, paints and felt. In no time, we had wooden peg doll knights, kings and queens in the...
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