Making Little Wooden Furniture

Materials:

2 pieces of wood measuring 5 inches by 2 inches

4 pieces of wood measuring 2 inches by 2 inches

A piece of sandpaper

Nontoxic glue

Paint

While setting up everything here is some things you can tell the child.

Wood comes from trees. It is a natural material because it grows. As long as we replace the trees that are cut down, we won’t run out of wood. Wood is used to make furniture, toys, fences, and other items.

Let the child do the work. Assist as little as possible.

Steps:

1: Use the sandpaper to smooth the edges of the wood.

2: Lay one of the longer pieces of wood flat on the table. Glue one of the smaller pieces to each end of the wood so it is straight up and down. There is your table. Set aside to dry.

3: Lay the second longer piece of wood flat on the table. Take one of the remaining two smaller pieces of wood and about half way up the longer piece glue the wood so it is standing straight up and down.

4: Take the last smaller piece of wood and glue the end to the top part of the one standing straight up and down so the last piece is lying the same way as the long piece. From this you should now have a chair.

5: Allow the glue to dry.

6: Once fully dry, paint the table and chair as desired.

Glover, David. "Wood Is Good." What Is It Made Of? [New York]: Dorling Kindersley, 2001. 50-51. Print.