Kids woodworking projects can be a lot of fun for older kids, as long as you only let the grownups use any power tools. There are lots of great kids woodworking projects that you can get started with, and of course you can always come up with your own ideas too. Of course you just want to ensure that only the grownups are using the large and dangerous equipment and keep the safer parts of the projects to the kids. Keep an eye on younger children and make sure you’re using all the dangerous tools until they’re older and able to handle them properly and safely.

Kids love Halloween so why not work on a Halloween woodworking project with them that they can treasure forever? All you need is a jig saw, sandpaper, hammer, dust mask, goggles, artist’s brush, carbon paper, wooden stakes, finishing nails, plywood and some paint. Now all you do is choose a pattern say of a pumpkin or witch, perfect for Halloween. Then you want to print the pattern off the computer or trace onto paper, put carbon paper over the plywood and lay the pattern over top of this.

Use the carbon paper over the wood to trace out the lines of the pattern you’ve printed off to use. The kids can do this part and just make sure that they’re pressing down hard enough on the carbon paper so it will mark the wood. Then you use the jigsaw to cut out the shape and start to sandpaper around the edges until they’re smooth to the touch. You don’t want uneven, rough edges on your Halloween lawn figurine and this is the perfect job for the little ones because they won’t hurt themselves on the sandpaper.

Then they can paint and decorate the figurine however they want, and it’s really fun to use glow in the dark paint because then it will stand out even at night when trick or treaters come. There are lots of other fun kids woodworking projects you could enjoy, such as the Halloween goodie bag. For this project you’re going to need to choose a pattern again, but think of something that’s going to be large and convenient to carry candy in. If you’re working with a bit younger child, you may want to stick to a much more basic project.

Make a box like shape but without a top on it, and they can decorate this however they want and take it around to collect candy. Kids really enjoy woodworking projects because it lets them create things that they can treasure for a lifetime. Don’t ever let your kids use woodworking tools like power saws or jigsaws which they could seriously injure themselves with. These are just a couple ideas for kids woodworking projects and you can spend a bit of time online or reading through woodworking books to get more fabulous ideas.