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This convenient handbook showcases 20 simple outdoor whittling projects that children can make.
With an emphasis on safety and adult supervision, this book presents simple and fun projects that children can make and enjoy hours of play with afterward--
Projects include:
- A kazoo
- Mini furniture
- A duck call
- Whimmy diddle
- Rhythm sticks
- Elder wand
The author, Richard Irvine, extols the virtues of exploring woodland, getting to know the trees in your local area and learning about their characteristics and suitability for whittling. He provides a thorough guide to the essential tools and equipment that are required, the timber he recommends and would advise against for beginners, and the techniques that will be used in the projects. Following this are twenty projects with simple step-by-step instructions, photographs, and useful tips. Dotted throughout are exciting nuggets of information about woodland folklore.
Plenty of inspirational photographs show how much fun it is to get out into the woodland with friends and family and share in this relaxing, rewarding pastime.
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Richard Irvine is a passionate advocate of high-quality outdoor learning experiences for children and adults. He is a qualified teacher with a PGCE from Oxford University and over 20 years’ experience in the field of outdoor learning. He has delivered Forest School programmes and professional training courses for educators in the UK and abroad, and run the Level 3 Forest School training course at Duchy College, Cornwall. In addition, he has worked as Woodlands Projects Officer for South West Forest and as Head of Centre for a Devon County Council outdoor education centre. An accomplished greenwood carver, Richard brings woodcraft into his work wherever possible through progressing children’s skills at Forest School, as well as running professional development workshops and recreational carving days for adults.www.richardirvine.co.uk
