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Thread: Looking to make noisy/irritating toy for 3 1/2 year old.

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    Buy them some coyote calls. Nothing like a three year old blowing at full bore on a' jack rabbit in distress' call. Works especially well when other siblings are similarly "armed".

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Dockstader View Post
    This has been the BEST THREAD EVER! I never knew that deep down inside woodworkers actually have a large sadistic streak. Or perhaps we are all grandparents who believe in karma! My daughter continuously says our curse is coming true, "May you have one exactly like you!"
    David, I don’t think of the replies as being sadistic. It’s just the woodworkers have particularly facile minds and like the mental exercise. I would never do any of these things but it’s a fun way to spend some creative brain cycles.

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    This thread is kind of funny to me. I have 2 granddaughters, 4 and 5 years old. The 5 year old is learning the piano. So I got to thinking about what to get them that would encourage them to find something in music that they might enjoy. So I got them each a Hohner Special 20 harmonica. Names engraved and all. They really liked them on X-mas morning and instantly began blowing the heck out of them. A week later when asked if they were having fun with their harmonicas, the answer I got was something like "Yea, when mom let's us play them"............................................. .....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Bukovec View Post
    Time to start planning for next Christmas. There is a young fellow who will be 3 1/2 years old next Christmas. I am looking for ideas to make a noisy or irritating toy to give him. The ability to drive his parents nuts will be a plus. Any ideas?
    You are my kind of guy! I’d suggest a well crafted dovetailed box with a sliding lid that will hold a slide whistle (perhaps two) and a bell of some kind. A drum is a good second tier choice. Pair with oil based modeling clay or a selection of magic markers. Good times!
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    Slit/tongue drums are fairly easy to make.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Feeley View Post
    David, I don’t think of the replies as being sadistic. It’s just the woodworkers have particularly facile minds and like the mental exercise. I would never do any of these things but it’s a fun way to spend some creative brain cycles.
    You could substitute a Pomeranian, but it wouldn't last as long. Kind of cruel to the parents, and whoever it eventually goes upstate to live with.

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    Keep it creative and simple...
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