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Hand-Cut Dovetailed Keepsake Box
Small walnut box, through-dovetails cut by hand. Cheap in materials, expensive in skill.
- Expert
- $$
- 6–12 hrs

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Doll X Picnic Table and Bench Set

A doll-scale X-leg picnic table with two matching benches, all from four 1x2s. Every joint is a 30° miter — a fun exercise in repeatable angle cuts.

Easy
$
2.5–5 hrs

Miniature wood high chair scaled for dolls

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Doll High Chair

A miniature 1x2 high chair scaled for dolls, with angled side rails, a slatted back, and a nailed-on play tray — a genuine small-scale furniture build, not a toy kit assembly.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 1.5 hrs

Small wooden bunk bed sized for an 18-inch doll, with ladder and guardrail

Gifts & Small Projects

Doll Bunk Beds for 18" Dolls

A pocket-hole bunk bed scaled for 18" dolls, built from 1x2 and 1x1 stock with a full ladder and open-side guardrail — small enough to gift unfinished for a birthday paint job.

Easy
$
2–3 hrs

Wooden dog leash hanger with stenciled lettering and cup hooks

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Dog Leash Hanger

A single-board wall hanger with stenciled lettering and a row of cup hooks, sized to your own collection of leashes and collars.

Beginner
$
2–3 hrs

DIY wood pumpkin treat holder made from cedar fence pickets

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DIY Wood Pumpkin Treat Holder

A jigsaw-cut cedar pumpkin standing up in a small open box — a seasonal candy dish with a freehand shape as its only real skill.

Easy
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Wood-framed bathroom vanity mirror with an optional shelf

Gifts & Small Projects

How to Build a Vanity Mirror

A framed bathroom vanity mirror with a solid wood surround and an optional little shelf — dresses up a plain 24x36 mirror for the cost of a few 1-by boards.

Easy
$$
3–5 hrs

DIY toy play kitchen with an oven door and full back wall

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DIY Play Kitchen with Back Wall

A toy kitchen cabinet with an oven door, a divided storage bay, and a full plywood back wall that raises the whole play kitchen's visual height.

Easy
$$
2.5–4 hrs

Gifts & Small Projects

Ombre Mod Wall Clock

A mod-style wall clock plaque made from angled, ombre-stained boards behind a purchased round clock face.

Easy
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

A small wood desk or vanity organizer with angled dividers and one drawer

Gifts & Small Projects

Desktop Office or Vanity Organizer

A small angled-divider caddy with one drawer — office supplies on a desk, or makeup and brushes on a vanity, in a footprint smaller than a shoebox.

Easy
$
2–3 hrs

Gifts & Small Projects

Laminated Canoe Paddle

A canoe paddle built from laminated strips of contrasting hardwoods, bandsawn to an ottertail profile and hand-shaped.

Advanced
$$
8–12 hrs

Small wooden craft paper roll holder with a dowel spindle

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Craft Paper Roll Holder

A tiny wall or table stand that dispenses a roll of craft paper on a dowel, with a gap underneath to tear off a sheet. Eight pocket screws and a dowel — done in an hour.

Beginner
$
45 min – 2 hrs

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