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I need your help. I need a simple wood craft to make a toy or something cool with my boys. The problem is that I can not given them any sharp tools. They can sand, paint, put together etc. but I would have to have some of the item pre drilled or pre-cut. I was thinking about doing pinewood derby cars with them over the course of a few weeks but I would like some smaller projects where they could be creative yet feel success pretty quickly. I know some of you are talented in these regards and I could really use some ideas. Thanks!

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This makes me think of a company that was shown on Three Wishes once... they make simple wooden toys for disadvantaged children. I bet if you contacted them they'd send you the parts so they could assemble and paint and style to their taste... I'm off to see if I can find the name of the company.

found it! www.happyfactory.org

not sure if it comes close to what you were thinking but it might be worth a shot.

TY maddy! I will speak to my principal. I love the idea of my guys doing it for someone else. They really need to learn the importance of that. I'm hoping it's affiliation with the Mormons is not a deal breaker for a school in my district.

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This company sells kits:

http://www.meiselwoodhobby.com/

This woodworking forum is very helpful:

http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/messages.pl?index

maddy, I fired off an email to the principal already.

Thanks treeview I will check it out!

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I looked at the site Lil and didn't see a mention of it being affiliated with the Mormon church ... was it in an article they mention? Don't know about your school district's policy, but I'm pretty sure that even if it is affiliated with the Mormon church, that would not limit their willingness to share with you ... Cedar City is in southern Utah ... and probably 80-90% of southern Utah is populated by Mormons, so it may not be affiliated with the Mormon church, just a lot of Mormons.