Watch your children have fun while learning and completing exciting projects.
Kids today are tuned to their iPods, or the television, or the computer. How do you get them away from all these mundane, unproductive activities to get down to doing something productive?How about introducing them to the art of woodworking and coming up with simple but unique and amazing kids’ crafts? All you need to do is get them started. Creating your own crafts is so satisfying and fulfilling, they will look forward to doing more.
Wooden toys can often be made from scrap or from recycled wood, thus they become not only cheaper but also environmentally friendly.
Below are a few great woodworking projects for kids. You can choose from a variety of programs according to your needs.
If you’re looking for a new way to bring the family together and teach a useful skill, then one of these projects could be just right for you.
This hands-on workshop will teach children how to properly care for and use real tools such as hammers, hand drills and peelers (instead of knives) to create all sorts of woodworking projects to take home.
Children will have access to a variety of natural timbers that vary in shape, textures and length for them to use.
This woodworking forest school workshop is being held in the African village at Ceres Environment Park which is completely outdoors and provides safe and easy access to the Merri Creek and bush surroundings, while also having access to water and less fire-prone areas. This is a great opportunity for children to be outdoors, in nature, learning real skills with real tools and making useful things.
Through giving children small achievable tasks to complete, they learn to become more independent while developing self-esteem and confidence. By attending our forest school programs, children learn to assess risk and make sensible and informed decisions about how to deal with unfamiliar and unpredictable situations. The children will work both independently and as a team and take these skills home with them so they can use anytime in the bush.
Our workshop facilitator, Ashlee is a qualified and experienced, early childhood educator who has been working as a wilderness camp leader and as a theatre puppet maker for children for nearly 10 years. She has a passion for connecting children to nature and does so through creative activities, stories and games.
The Learning Doing Woodwork Room has been working with schools throughout Victoria since 1991. We have introduced over 250,000 children to the joy of woodworking.
We are a fully insured, fully qualified and fully equipped Education Centre, working with children aged 4 15. Our head office offers a well equipped, tailor build workshop for children. School excursions are a regular occurance at our Centre. Many schools bus, train or tram their students in to our centre for a unique, 100% hands on building experience for their students.
We also have four fully fitted and well equipped mobile workshops that can conduct woodworking incursions in your school. We have a toy library with over 400 models, covering every conceivable theme and topic, from toys to transport, celebrations, tools, flight, the goldfields, animals, Australiana, musical intraments, my body, the weather and many many more.
School Workshops
Primary school incursions are available for Year 1-6 students and are a great option for a safe, educational in-school activity to complement the NSW Mathematics curriculum. Find out more here.
School Vacation Care
We also run a vacation care woodwork workshop for kids during school holidays on request (subject to demand). Choose from any of our fun DIY kids projects packages suitable for ages 5-12. Children get to take home their new woodwork project at the end of the workshop (with our billy cart package, the centre gets to keep two billy carts made on the day).
Please Call Us To Confirm Pricing And Availability.
Pre-School Workshops
Kids runs woodworking presentations for 4-5-year-olds, available in daycare centres and pre-schools. These shows are a great way to educate, entertain and excite young minds!
We also offer great meals provided own Melbourne dietitian.