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Wooden Squatty Potty
A simple three-board footstool platform — a top, two side supports, and a front brace — sized to sit in front of the toilet.
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- 45 min – 1.5 hrs

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Shaker Step Stool

Two steps, housed dados, no fasteners visible. Small, useful, and it teaches joinery that scales.

Easy
$$
4–6 hrs

Small angled wooden stand for a tablet or cookbook

Gifts & Small Projects

Wooden Tablet or Cookbook Stand

A tiny angled easel stand with a double-beveled front support — three boards, one afternoon, propping a tablet or cookbook at a comfortable reading angle on a counter.

Beginner
$
30 min – 1 hr

Large handmade cedar milk crate with slatted sides

Gifts & Small Projects

Large Wooden Milk Crate

A parameterized cedar milk crate — two pickets and a furring strip, with the three dimensions each controlled by one cut so you can size it to whatever it needs to hold.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

Gifts & Small Projects

Wooden Gear Wall Clock

A wall clock shaped like a mechanical gear, cut from a single board with a scroll saw and finished with a standard quartz movement.

Easy
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

A wooden countertop egg holder with two drilled shelves displaying a dozen eggs

Gifts & Small Projects

Wooden Egg Holder

A pair of drilled shelves holding a dozen eggs on display, with a taller narrow version that doubles the capacity.

Beginner
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Small stacked-layer wood Christmas tree candle holders in two sizes

Gifts & Small Projects

Wooden Christmas Tree Candle Holders

Small stacked-layer wood trees with a mitered 30° edge on each layer, built in two sizes — a fast holiday scrap-wood project using 1x6 or 1x4 offcuts.

Beginner
$
45 min – 1.3 hrs

Gifts & Small Projects

One-Board Wooden Centerpiece Tray

A long, narrow centerpiece tray for a rectangular or oval dining table, built entirely from one board.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 1.8 hrs

A five-pointed wood star serving tray with a plywood backer

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Star Serving Tray or Wall Decor

A five-pointed star built from compound-angle 1x2 segments backed with plywood, usable flat as a serving tray or hung as wall decor.

Easy
$
1 hr – 1.5 hrs

Divided wooden caddy holding utensils and napkins

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Organizer Caddy

A divided utensil caddy from a single cedar fence picket — seven small cuts, glue and brads, done in an hour. The definitive scrap-picket project.

Beginner
$
45 min – 1.5 hrs

Small cedar Nativity manger stable with a peaked roof

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Manger Scene

A small cedar stable for a Nativity, cut from a single fence picket with beveled roof and sides. Hot glue holds it together — a quick holiday build.

Easy
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

Small stackable crate shelf made from wood lath painted antique white

Gifts & Small Projects

Wood Lath Crate Shelves

A tiny stackable crate shelf made from two 1x4 ends and a fan of cheap lath sticks. An hour and a handful of nails.

Beginner
$
45 min – 1.5 hrs

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