Kid's Workshop

[greasemonkeyredneck]

I wasn't sure where to place this, but since I am proud of my kids, I thought bragging rights might be appropriate.

 

I'm not sure about the dates in other towns, but here on the first saturday of each month, Home Depot has a kid's workshop. They give them an apron. Then they get a pack with a project that already has all the parts cut, nail positions marked, a pack of nails, and instructions. You get to help your kids assemble whatever project they have to do. Then when they are done, they get a snack, a certificate for that class, and a pin with a picture of that project to place on their apron to collect. They do a different project each month. This month, they made a little bean bag toss. They gave them cookies and juice for the snack. Below is a photo of my kids with their completed projects.

 

Next month is fire safety. They are gonna do hot dogs. They'll have the fire truck there. The kids are going to make a fire house bank. Any of you who have kids and live near enough to a Home Depot should take their kids on down. I was told today that they do it at all the Home Depots. It's a lot of fun for the kids and the parent. It doesn't cost a dime. It's a great way for the little ones to get an intro to woodworking without having to be around saw or other of the dangerous power tools. The most danger they are in with these little workshops is maybe hitting their thumb with a hammer.

[shadylady0447]

What a great photo of your boys, greasemonkey. They look like they had a lot of fun with the project. I hope you post pictures of the fire house banks. I was not aware of this program by Home Depot. I have a friend that has 4 little boys and I will certainly tell her about it. It sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

[Christina]

How cool is this! What a great looking bunch of kids you have Greasemonkey! They look like they had a wonderful time and I'm sure you did too. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I wish my grandsons were more interested in stuff like this...........but if it doesn't have video games they won't even try it. This is a fantastic program.

Christina

[Travis]

I've seen that at HD, but never been there. I think my son's too young for that, but maybe I'll take my niece and nephew next time. I bet they'd get a kick out of that. Looks like your boys had a great time!

[greasemonkeyredneck]

How cool is this! What a great looking bunch of kids you have Greasemonkey! Christina

 

That's the four youngest ones. I have eight kids.

[Marshall]

Just wish they"d had something like this when my boys were growing up , or even when I was growing up . I'm glad for your boys , I'm sure it was a good tool for shaping them , proud for them too..................Marshall

[devsdad98]

Great looking bunch there. My son loves those workshops too. I'm gently working him into the scroll saw. We have Lowes and Home Depot here and they both do kids stuff. Good way to get them interested. Hope you guys keep having fun there.

Mark

[greasemonkeyredneck]

This month's theme is supposed to be fire safety with the fire truck being there. They'll be cooking hot dogs for the kids and they'll be building a fire house bank. However, here locally, it's been rescheduled for the 17th of this month because of conflicting local events. I'll try to post photos when we go.

[Kepy]

I used to work at the Depot and in addition to the kids workshop, at our store 3 of us old codgers held a Santa's Workshop every year where we spent two weekends making toys and handing them out to all the kids that came through. We had a good time and got to use some of the tools from stock. We each did different things and let the kids pick what they wanted. Seemed to be a hit but don't know what they will do this year as we have all retired.