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Liberty Wall Art from Scraps
A rustic pieced-wood wall panel that spells or forms a design from mixed-width scrap boards on a plywood backer. Zero-precision, high-character — the imperfection is the point.
- Beginner
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- 2–4 hrs

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Painted wooden lemonade stand with tall sign board and picket front

Gifts & Small Projects

Easy-Build Lemonade Stand

A kid-height lemonade stand from one 1x12 and five fence pickets, with a bolt-off sign board so the whole thing breaks down flat and fits in the car.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

Three layered wood Christmas trees in small, medium, and large sizes

Gifts & Small Projects

Layered Wood Christmas Tree Trio

Three nesting scrap-wood Christmas trees — small, medium, and large — built from angle-cut 1x boards stacked in rows, with exact cut lists for all three sizes rather than one size scaled by feel.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 1.5 hrs

Small wooden toy wheelbarrow with a working front wheel

Gifts & Small Projects

Kids' Wooden Wheelbarrow

A working toy wheelbarrow, angled bucket and all, sized for a kid to actually push around the yard — one real wheel, one real bolt.

Easy
$
2–3 hrs

A-frame kids' play tent and reading nook with curtain walls

Gifts & Small Projects

Easy Kids' Tent / Reading Nook

A collapsible A-frame kids' tent from six pine boards, bolts, and two tab-top curtain panels. No sawing joints — just drill, bolt, and thread curtains.

Beginner
$$
1.5–3 hrs

A small rolling kids tea cart with turned stair-spindle legs and a scalloped trim skirt

Gifts & Small Projects

Kids Tea Cart

A kid-height rolling cart on repurposed stair spindles for legs, with a scalloped trim skirt and a carry handle on top.

Easy
$$
2.5–4 hrs

Low slatted lounge bench sized for young children

Gifts & Small Projects

Kids Lounge Bench

A low toddler-scale lounge bench built entirely from 1x3 and 1x2 slats. Small enough for a toddler to climb, sturdy enough for school-age kids. All brad-nailed.

Easy
$
4–6 hrs

Small splay-legged kids stool with a seat back

Gifts & Small Projects

Kids Art Center Stools

A small splay-legged plywood stool with a seat back, sized to pair with a kids' art center or table.

Intermediate
$
3–5 hrs

Small leaning wooden ladder rack for holding coffee pods

Gifts & Small Projects

K-Cup Holder Ladder

A slim leaning ladder rack that holds coffee pods between evenly spaced rungs, tilted flat against the wall behind it.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 1.5 hrs

Gifts & Small Projects

Jacob's Ladder Folding Block Toy

A classic folding-block toy built from painted wood blocks connected by ribbons in a cascading zigzag pattern.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 1.8 hrs

Wall-mounted wooden holder for an ironing board with dowel pegs and an iron bar

Gifts & Small Projects

Ironing Board Holder

A wall-mounted shelf with two dowel pegs that hold an ironing board flat against the wall, plus a bar for hanging the iron.

Beginner
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Toy wooden ice cream cart with a striped awning, wheels, and hinged serving flaps

Gifts & Small Projects

Toy Ice Cream Cart

A rolling pretend-play ice cream cart with a striped awning, wheeled legs, and hinged serving flaps.

Intermediate
$$
5–7 hrs

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