Simple Wood Crafts

These easy-to-make wood crafts will have both you and your little ones creating animals out of wooden clothespins and train tracks out of Popsicle sticks. Time to start crafting!

By Margaret VanEchaute; Designs by Lisa Storms

Jay Wilde

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Train with Tracks

Your child will delight in playing conductor with this easy-to-make train and track set.

Make It: Give your child three wooden blocks, a wooden spool, and six pieces of wagon-wheel pasta to paint. Cut a chipboard rectangle for the top of the train and two squares for train windows; let your child paint the pieces. Once the chipboard is dry, glue the pieces together as shown. Glue a tuft of cotton to the spool for smoke.

To make the tracks, cut a strip of chipboard a little wider than the length of one mini craft stick. Glue mini craft sticks at short intervals along the strip and top with regular craft sticks. For extra fun, create several sets of tracks for your child to place together.

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Comments (2)

agusrahadian1972 wrote:

This craft is very interesting thought, inexpensive and easy to obtain raw materials. In addition, it will teach children motor skills and imagination.

5/19/2012 03:43:51 PM Report Abuse

nivedita02 wrote:

wonderful idea.. loved it

8/7/2011 08:32:05 AM Report Abuse