With the Summer holidays looming I am beginning to collect ideas of days out and activities to keep my children busy. Like any children, they can get bored during the school holidays, so I like to have some ideas up my sleeves to bring out.
Easy Wood Carving for Children
Following on from the success of his previous book, Snitte: The Danish Art of Whittling, Frank Egholm seeks to extend the appeal of this traditional hobby to a younger generation in his new book, Easy Wood Carving For Children.
Wood carving is the ideal activity to help them reconnect with the outdoor world in a practical and meaningful way. Not only does whittling promote concentration, creativity and dexterity, but almost everything children need to get started is right outside their door, making this a cheap and eco-friendly hobby. The activities featured in this book aim to provide children with a basic understanding of how to use tools properly and safely, as well as demonstrating the many creative possibilities of working with wood.
My 8 year old is quite practical and loves to make things, especially if it involves spending time with his Dad. They’ve both had a good look through Easy Wood Carving for Children and picked a few projects they would like to make together. We’ve never tried wood carving before but we already have plenty of wood. We recently had a tree cut down in the garden, and also have a good supply of sticks picked up on walks through the local woods.
Easy Wood Carving for Children has a handy list of equipment. This just may be the best value hobby the 8 year old has ever attempted as all he needs is a whittling knife, some gloves and the wood. The projects are graded according to difficulty, and there are more than fifty fun whittling and wood carving projects, each fully-illustrated with easy-to-follow instructions.
Easy Wood Carving for Children: Fun Whittling Projects for Adventurous Kids by Frank Egholm; translated by Anna Cardwell. It is published by Floris Books, priced £9.99 and perfect for children aged 6-12. It is published on the 16th August.
This will be so fun in the summer holidays. It looks like a great book and it’s nice to see the projects graded according to difficulty. The end results will make great keepsakes too.
My son is excited to add this to his Summer holidays list 🙂
I can remember whittling pieces of wood when I was younger – I quite like the idea of a book devoted to this for children.
I was the same although I wish I had this book when I was younger.