A project a 9 year old can do

 

 

 

 

 

This one is one of my favorites because it uses real stuff

 that will just go to the landfill otherwise. 

 

 

My son is a cub scout

and I was asked to try to come up with woodworking project for his pack. 

 

I thought that a gecko cage would be fun

and decided to make a pattern that I can use to make use

of all that discarded plywood

that is inevitably left over on every construction job.

 

           

 

There is a plentiful supply of this free material at any jobsite.

 

With a .little imagination and some “junk” y

one can make a bug or gecko cage like these commercially available ones

 

 

 

    

 

First the pieces are cut with a jig saw , then assembled

 

              

 

Then my son added some paint and artwork

 

The finished product, worthy of any bug or gecko

 

It turns out that the local Home Depot was having

one of their project days for kids

so instead the pack made use of that…

so as a result I have all this lumber

ready to make a gazillion cages.

 

I plan on selling them on Ebay.