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Circle Back Kids Chair Plans

It’s amazing what projects you can do with 1 board.  Sometimes it surprises me when a project will only take one board.  Today I’m participating in a one board challenge, the size of board doesn’t matter, but can only use one.  My little girl loves to color and craft.  I’ve been meaning to make her a desk and chair set.  I came across this super cute Double Dot Chair by Land of Nod, and thought it was perfect. However I can’t pay full price, because I know she’ll color on it and that will be very discouraging! The great thing is that you can build one kids chair with one 1″ x 8″ x 8′ board (about $10). I changed up the base a little bit to make it easier to build and assemble.  The kids chair turned out adorable, now I better get on that desk!

Build this cute little kids chair with one 1x8 board (about $10), perfect for your next tea party! Free plans and tutorial.

How to Build a Circle Back Kids Chair

Build this cute little kids chair with one 1x8 board (about $10), perfect for your next tea party! Free plans and tutorial.  Materials

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Square Scallop Mason Jar Centerpiece

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My friend’s daughter got married recently and she wanted cute scallop mason jar centerpieces for the tables.  She wanted some long boxes and some square boxes with removable dividers.  They turned out really cute, I had to make one for myself.

Cute planter boxes for a party, wedding or your kitchen table. Free plans to build a scallop mason jar centerpiece.

How to Make a Scallop Mason Jar Planter Box Centerpiece

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DIY Football Toss

Hi and welcome to the Home Depot DIY Workshop (Do it yourself) Virtual Game Party!  My kids are beyond excited about today’s project.  They have been very eager to help build this project!  Before we get to my project, this is the fun Father’s Day Football Toss project for June’s DIY workshop at your local Home Depot on Saturday, June 18 from 10-11:30 am.

Father's Day Football Toss

Here is what you’ll learn at the free demonstrative workshop:  Learn to build an outdoor football toss game. Join our workshop and learn to properly measure and accurately cut wood; safely operate both circular and reciprocating saws and a drill; and paint or stain your project like a champ with grid lines straight from the gridiron. The end result will be the skills to craft an outdoor game that will keep your family entertained all summer long.

The Home Depot offers free workshops at all of their locations for do-it-yourselfer’s of all ages and experience levels.

  • There are three types of Workshops offered – Do-It Yourself (DIY), Do-It-Herself (DIH) and Kids.
  • Customers can learn how to build décor projects, how to make easy home repairs and how to operate tools through demonstrations and step-by-step instructions.
  • Visit http://workshops.homedepot.com to learn more.

Register for the Workshop – June 18 at 10 am

Make sure to get registered to attend the free workshop at your local Home Depot on Saturday, June 18 at 10 am!  ——> Register Here

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Like many kids (and grown up kids 😉 ), my kids love those little angry birds and bad piggies!  When I saw little foam footballs at The Home Depot, inspiration struck.  I thought it would be fun to make an Angry Bird inspired, ‘angry football’ toss game.

Knock out those bad piggies! Angry bird inspired football toss game, free plans and tutorial.

How to make an Angry Birds Inspired Football Toss Game

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Wood DIY LOVE Marquee Letters

My Aunt Becky is a wedding planner extraordinaire, or should be!  She has helped with mine, my sister’s and cousin’s weddings, so to say I owe her a big favor would be an understatement.  When my cousin, her youngest daughter, got married earlier in May; I was asked to make some huge LOVE marquee letters like seen in this cool LOVE picture via Rebecca Douglas – isn’t that stunning!  From the dark picture, I can’t tell if the letters are flat or are trimmed out like typical marquee letters.

My Aunt needed the letters freestanding, so I opted to trim the letters.  Either way the letters look really cool and are pretty easy to make, just take a little bit of time.  They are really big, 40″ tall, and definitely make a statement.

These are so cute for a wedding and make big statement! DIY LOVE marquee letters that are 40" tall and made from wood. Free plans + building tutorial.

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How to Make DIY Love Marquee Letters from Wood

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DIY Flower Pot Stand

Today’s project isn’t very impressive, but it is something that I have been really needing to build for my flower pots by the porch.  I have a few of these Bloom Master hanging pots for cascading flowers, they are what inspired the pallet planter box.

Cascading flower pallet planter box Sept

I intended to hang my baskets from shepherds hooks by my front porch.  However when my large baskets are planted, they are too heavy and the hook can’t hold them.  (Note: My Mom has the medium baskets and the shepherds hooks work fine.)

So I needed a little stand to get the baskets up off the ground and then beautiful flowers can cascade down!  This stand is really simple and is inspired by a couple of planter stands from West Elm, this and this.  I wanted my stands fairly tall to allow the Wave petunias to trail, you can easily adjust the height according to your needs.

Perfect stand to raise my flower pots up for cascading flowers. Really simple flower pot stand that you can build for about $4, free plans.

It doesn’t look like much now, but in a couple of months it’ll look awesome!

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How to Build a Simple Flower Pot Stand

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