Children's project table, with stools

This is a kid-sized table for drawing, coloring, building with Legos, doing puzzles, or whatever.

My kids have needed their own project table for quite some time. This was made as a present for them for Christmas this year. There were only a couple of requirements: it needed to be big enough for two kids, and it needed a little bit of storage somewhere for paper, crayons, etc., and it should be made out of stuff I already had around.

This is what I ended up with. Thank you for looking!

Step 1 Materials

I had some old counter tops which I had been saving for a project like this, and about three quarters of a sheet of 3/4" MDF. I also used some pine boards, and a small piece of 1/4" masonite.

Along with drywall screws and wood glue, I used the following tools:

Circular saw
Corded drill
Cordless drill
Clamps
Straight edge (I use an old piece of laminate flooring)
Router
Palm sander
Pocket hole jig
Various bits, including counter sink bits

Comments

[gnomedriver]

Forget about the kids, I want this as my project bench! It just the right thing for fly tying, electronic or as a ham shack. A light could be attached to the underside of the shelf and a power board to the back. There are lots of possibilities to expand this bench such as extra shelves or a peg board for hanging tools.

[radiorental]

great instructable... I dont have kids myself (yet) but I'd imagine a nice addition to this worktop would be some storage area so that 'things can be tidied away' (o; well documented /pauric