Wood toys to make with your kids.

You're showing such a splendid model of character here again. A true motivator.

Rex Kreuger is the woodworking equivalent of Bob Ross. Thanks for making the world a better place! Edit: corrected grammar.

*Woodworking for Humanity... love your channel

Cool! I've no kids....but i guess I'll build the rubber band gun for myself :D

Amazing that a crisis really let us know just who we are with one another. Picture what we are really like without internet or TV or radio. It was once like this long ago. Family was the entertainment and the life.

Not the hero we need, but the hero we deserve

Index finger straight and in line with the barrel... Like its an ingrained habit. We just learned something else about Rex. 😁

I think Rex is a pretty cool dad 😎

Well, you never fail to make me smile! For that, I thank you for ALL that you do. Every shaving, every mortise, every thoughtful idea. Thanks Rex - God bless you and your family!

4:10 A surprise Jörg Sprave jumps into the screen "Hello and welcome to the Sling Shot channel! Let me show what I came up with! Let me show you its features!"

I’ve been binging this series, but the rubber band gun in this one really made me smile. My grandfather made one for me when I used to stay with them in Georgia over the summer, traced the pattern from a water gun I got at a dollar store (that looked exactly like a colt python, back when you could buy that sort of thing!!!), and I played with that rubber band gun more than I ever did the water gun!

shoots can without looking "Jesus Christ it's Jason Bourne."

You are the only YouTuber that has an intro that I don’t skip.

Another easy game to make and play is the Royal Game of Ur. As a woodworker, the board is easy enough to make, the rules of the most basic form of the game are easy for kids to learn, and it's a really fun game. You can use D4 dice if you have them, or you can use coins, since they have the same probability. One of the most popular games in the world for 3000 years. And speaking of the oldest games in the world, there's also Mancala, which is easy to make, and you play with beans or pebbles or whatnot. Google the rules, it's fun to play, and again, popular for many thousands of years.

Something you guys might find useful: if you need a mortise chisel (or generally just a thin chisel) but can’t get one because delivery times are beyond shocking right now, get a flat head screwdriver and some sandpaper and sand the end to a point before honing. Don’t forget to ventilate or wear a dust mask (if you can find one right now) while sanding. It doesn’t take too long and can get pretty decent results.

Coming back for round two in summer 2023. 😀👋

Every time I see videos where parents get kids engaged in making things, it brings me so much joy! Tiny present and future creators!

I don't have kids but I'll have fun playing with my new toys. Thanks

Hey Rex, when i was 6 jears old i started woodworking with my grandfather in his litte woodshop, everytime i visited him. He build anything i needed back in the days for me, boxes, chairs, toys and many more. Till today (30 years later) i love woodworking and making toys like yours. It's realy relaxing and working with kids is great. Best thing is their little smile when they realize that they did it with their own hands. Keep on you good work. And all the best wishes from Germany.

A slightly more advanced project (both in building skills and gameplay) for older kids is an Othello board. I used to have one (didn't make it; I bought it traveling abroad somewhere). Basically the same as the Tic Tac Toe board, but expand it to an 8x8 grid of holes and paint 64 pins white on one end and black on the other. Pro tip: the looser the holes, the easier to flip the pins with your fingertips. On mine, the board as also the lid of a shallow box to hold all the pins. Come to think of it, I just might have to make myself a new one...