I ask James (6 1/2 years) after Christmas Dinner does he want to help make something… He said “yes…”
Me: “What do you want to make?”
James: “A helicopter…”
Me: “ermmm ok… let’s do it…”

All I did was quickly draw a shape out on the piece of pine, and cut out on the bandsaw. Then found some scrap for the landing gear, and rotor blades, then I just use glue and screws I even predrilled…

I then said it needs a rear stablising fin so I added that. Then I said, I should really shape the landing gear a bit better, so that was done on the sanding disc.

I added the dowel and then glued a cap on the dowel so that the rotor blades can still spin. Has working rotor blades and all… this is one of those high tech toys after all… lol. All off the cuff like 95% of my projects.

James will take it home tomorrow (boxing day) and paint it the colours of his choosing… he was all excited that I said he could paint it what ever and however he liked or wanted to. I said to him the rescue helicopter that fly’s over our house all the time is red… they are real heros.

Sometimes it just about letting the imagination take over, let them just do it, don’t stop them when you can see that they has missed a spot or it is not perfect… let them do the making… let them have fun, let their imagination free, because to them that is the way they see things.