Dave Lehnert
11-27-2007, 9:24 PM
In the process of helping a 1st grade class with some wooden Christmas projects a very young man approached me and asked if I would build him a train. I am not sure what exactly he was asking me to do so I need some help.
He was holding a wooden dowel and said to make it out of that. But said the wood was flat. He also said he wanted to paint the pieces and put it together himself. I asked if it was something he had seen somewhere but said he made the idea up himself. He took his little finger and outline the shape of a train ( I think) in the air.
I am guessing he wants a puzzle with the train pieces (smoke stack, bell etc...) cut out of plywood so he can paint and glue together. I am thinking a picture like what would be in a child's coloring book as a pattern.
I do not have kids myself so I am not skilled at what a 5 year old is asking. He has had some serious health issues so I do not want to disappoint. I have built some very large complex projects but the pressure is sure on this one. It was so cute how he asked me. He asked me in a low voice like he was told not to ask but it was his only hope to get his train.
Anyone know what he may be asking me to build? Anyone have a pattern they would like to share with me? Any thought, ideas anything? I am wide open to ideas that will please this little boy for Christmas.
He was holding a wooden dowel and said to make it out of that. But said the wood was flat. He also said he wanted to paint the pieces and put it together himself. I asked if it was something he had seen somewhere but said he made the idea up himself. He took his little finger and outline the shape of a train ( I think) in the air.
I am guessing he wants a puzzle with the train pieces (smoke stack, bell etc...) cut out of plywood so he can paint and glue together. I am thinking a picture like what would be in a child's coloring book as a pattern.
I do not have kids myself so I am not skilled at what a 5 year old is asking. He has had some serious health issues so I do not want to disappoint. I have built some very large complex projects but the pressure is sure on this one. It was so cute how he asked me. He asked me in a low voice like he was told not to ask but it was his only hope to get his train.
Anyone know what he may be asking me to build? Anyone have a pattern they would like to share with me? Any thought, ideas anything? I am wide open to ideas that will please this little boy for Christmas.