10 Cool Projects Your Kids Will Love

Is it time to remind your kids how super cool awesome you are? Here are ten great projects you can build with your kiddos, a little bit of something for almost every age range.

1. How To: Building A Custom A-Frame Children’s Swing Set: A sturdy A-frame design will provide years of enjoyment as the children grow.
2. Dueling Lightsabers: Whip up an impromptu set of lightsabers and have your little Jedi’s learning the way of the Force in minutes. They made up this set of dueling sabers with some garbage and literally about 2 minutes of work.
3. Magnetic Kids Walls: Create your magnetic space low enough on the wall that children can enjoy using it. It’s perfect for tic tac toe and spelling games. Requires magnetic primer.
4. Mr. McGroovy’s Castle: Awesome plans for a cardboard castle. Requires purchase of rivets which are less than $10 for 100.
5. Foldschool: Foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids, handmade by you. The downloadable patterns can be printed out with any printer. Follow the instructions and assemble a stable piece of furniture.
6. Basketball Court: What neigborhood doesn’t need a basketball court? They all need one! Well once you buy your pole and backboard and you put it up, how do you go about marking the court? Here are the dimensions to mark the court by.
7. Geodesic Clubhouse: Geodesic domes are made of interlocking geometric shapes–often triangles. Because loads are spread over many triangles, these domes are especially strong. Often made of aluminum bars and plexiglass, they’re also light compared to ordinary domes.
8. How To Build A Puppet Theatre: Two sets of free instructions–Build a Puppet Playhouse and How To Build A Fold-up Puppet Theatre (pdf).
9. How To Build A Pirate Ship: Mr. McGroovys Pirate Adventure.
10. Make A Carpet Surfing Board:

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