Easy Wood Carving for Children

Easy Wood Carving for Children: Fun Whittling Projects for Adventurous Kids

Woodcarving is an easy to learn and fun hobby for adventurous children and their parents.

This bright and interesting introduction, from the author of Snitte: The Danish Art of Whittling, includes more than fifty activities at levels for beginners and experienced whittlers. Each project includes easy-to-follow instructions, illustrations, and diagrams, as well as inspiring full-color photographs.

Along with their parents, children can craft a tumbling tower game, a toy racing car, a dolphin necklace, or even a handy coat hook!

Included is a section on practical steps to get started and advice on knife safety with children.

C O N T E N T S:

Introduction
Difficulty levels
Whittling guidelines

Getting started
Finding a whittling knife
Protective gear
Wood
Where to find fresh branches
Dry wood

Wood-carving techniques
Whittling away from the body
Whittling towards the body

Practical tips
Sharpening knives
Saws and garden shears
Splitting wood
Colouring wood
Sanding wood
Carving seat
Whittling and reading

Animal figures
Bird made from a single branch
Bird with a feathery tail
Bird made from the end of a branch
Lifelike bird
Pigs and dogs
Fence with string or rails
Dolphin
Seal
Snake

Games
Pig throwing
Game pieces
Tower of Hanoi
The four confounding squares

Toys
Racing car
Spinning tops
Spinning top with handle and pull string
Whittled top
Acorn top
Willow bark flute
Weighing scales
Theatre with figures
A small theatre
Sound sticks
Building blocks
Woodland landscape
Ball-in-a-cage rattle
Skier and drummer
Jack in the box
Seesaw toy

Jewelry
Sliding adjustable knot
Heart pendant
Sword pendant
Dolphin pendant or earring
Miniature rattle pendant

Home and Garden
Plant labels
Stars
Friendly will-o’-the-wisps
Fir tree
Picture frame
Straw flowers
Whittling bark
Pulled fiber broom
Kitchen roll holder
Hollowing out a branch
Egg cup
Rings
Refrigerator magnets
Small signs
Pencils
Knobs and coat hooks
Wall hooks
Candlestick
Key rings
Crocodile clothes peg
Shrunken box
Marking gauge

About the Author

Frank Egholm is a lecturer, author and former woodwork teacher who worked for many years at the Rudolf Steiner School in Vordingborg, Denmark. He designs and develops his own wooden toys and games. Frank is married to the illustrator Lillian Egholm.