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Project for kids reccomendation - jcstudge - 01-28-2017 Hi All, Still a regular lurker, still really value the this message board. I need some project ideas for 7th and 8th graders. I teach a woodshop class in a middle school. Usually our progression is tool tote, birdhouse and then cutting board. Most of the students who start next week have made the tool tote already and I need ideas for what they should make. I need project ideas that include measuring, cutting, screwed butt joints and maybe a bit of scroll/bandsawing. I don't need plans although they would help just ideas. I can find/draft anything I need. What would be a good starter project that kids may like to have? I welcome your ideas and will post some pictures of what they end up making. Thanks for you help, John Chernoff RE: Project for kids reccomendation - gMike - 01-28-2017 Maybe a small spice rack or a knife holder. RE: Project for kids reccomendation - Strokes77 - 01-28-2017 (01-28-2017, 11:32 AM)jcstudge Wrote: Hi All,What about updating those classics to more current household needs. Could you build some kind of Iphone accessory? Maybe a charging station type thing, or what about one of those accoustic applified speaker things...? RE: Project for kids reccomendation - DieselDennis - 01-28-2017 (01-28-2017, 01:30 PM)Strokes77 Wrote: What about updating those classics to more current household needs. Could you build some kind of Iphone accessory? Maybe a charging station type thing, or what about one of those accoustic applified speaker things...? Definitely make a phone speaker amplifier. Have a few different styles & stains for the kids to choose from. Relevant & useful. RE: Project for kids reccomendation - Duane N - 01-28-2017 When I took woodshop in school I remember our teacher teaching us how to build a lamp with our initials as the main part of the lamp. 40 years later and I can still remember what mine looked like...not sure what happened to it. RE: Project for kids reccomendation - Steve N - 01-28-2017 I like to let Google be my guide. 12 year old kids woodshop projects 13 year old kids woodshop projects 14 year old kids woodshop projects I was 12 in the 8th grade, and had been woodworking for 3 years a lot already, so in shop class I only went in the 9th grade (Freshman year). I was bored with what was offered, so I changed classes from shop to business management, and TYPING (GIRLS ). A lot of kids did exactly what I did. Up your game. RE: Project for kids reccomendation - gjohn - 01-31-2017 In wood shop in junior high, I remember making bookends and a wood pump lamp. The bookends were the profile of a dog cut in half with vertical boards screwed to the end of the dog half. The wood pump lamp had a vertical post maybe 1.5" or 2" square in cross section attached to a base. There was also a long lever handle that the pull chain for the light was attached to. RE: Project for kids reccomendation - Adnick - 01-31-2017 TV or snack tray might be and optional project that would get used I also lie the charging station, and if you have the funds you could make it with a small solar panel as an optional charger... Andy-- mos maiorum RE: Project for kids reccomendation - MoMan - 01-31-2017 A step stool is another useful household item. You can make them as elaborate as you like (there's a Ben Franklin version I've been eyeing that converts to a chair--a bit much for a Jr. High class). RE: Project for kids reccomendation - mdhills - 02-01-2017 I think the convertible stool/chair is attainable for Jr High. Popular woodworking ran one in their I can Do that column: I Can Do That: Step Stool Stilts, boomerangs, electric guitar bodies, catapults, .... whatever interests them. Matt |