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I was in the "smooth rocker" thread and saw the great job ROBG did on the rocking horse. I know Hannah will be pleased with it and will probably have her own childern riding on it 20 years down the road.

I was thinking I would like to see Christmas gifts others have made as well. All of us woodworkers tend to make gifts so lets share!!

ROBG posted his horse and I've already posted a picture of a cradle I made for my Granddaugther in another thread -- so now let's see yours. Please.

Doug:

That is a good suggestion. I haven't made any gifts, but members of a Canadian forum I belong to have posted many and I have enjoyed seeing all the great work that has been produced.

Hopefully we will see some here.

John

OK, let's see if I can prime the pump. I didn't know you were so shy.

The first picture the cradle I made for my Granddaughter. Some of you saw an unfinished version in another post.
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My brother in law wanted a birdhouse for his back yard. This one is made from plans in a woodworking mag. It has a "coopered" body and an aluminum cone top. I put it on the lathe to finish the body and bottom, just because I could.

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Here is a set of bandsaw raindeer like Nick did in one of the Sawdust sessions. These are probably 20 years old and I've probably made 2 dozen sets over the years as gifts. They've always been a hit (and they are easy).

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This last raindeer was also made many years ago. It comes apart to store. I've made a bunch of these also as staff presents and gift exchange items.

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What a wonderful idea for a thread...
This is a workbench for 3 year old Ronnie. He loves tools.
The work top and upper shelf were laminated from a series of leftover promotional 3/4 inch square yardsticks the I glued up and ran through the planer to remove the lettering.
I left the ruler edge on the top shelf.

Wow! I wish someone would make me a workbench that nice.

O.K. Let's join the parade of Christmas projects past and present. You've seen these before but, maybe some newer folks haven't. They fit in this category. Come-on folks, Show yours!

First the candle holders. The fat ones were last year. The skinny ones this year.
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Then there were the Salt & Pepper Mills from this year.

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Our Son loved the "eye" pod for his desk at work.

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And, of course, there's the shutters.

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A very interesting gift for me was a bag of banksia pods. Bought them at Rocklers in Phoenix. If you are like me, and don't know what they are - just google banksia pods.

Here's a picture of four ornaments I made as gifts this Christmas. The bases are maple and the yellowish ones are Canary Wood. The finials are Bubinga. Also attached a picture of what I do besides working with wood. Lots of fun and laughs.

My first turning from plans from the internet.
And a paper towel holder from scrap wood and and old dowel.

Opps!! gotta re-do the images sorry the resolution was too high.

So far, there are some nice items being posted!

I first replied that I hadn't made any gifts, and that was true, but we did throw a bread knife as a stocking stuffer in the package sent to my son and and his family. Seems like he wasn't too excited about the towels, etc that were the main gift but really liked the knife as he had bought several fancy breads for the holidays. Next year we may just send stocking stuffers!


John

While technically not a Christmas present my twin grand kids turn one on the 28th of Dec. so I made an alphabet block wagon from Norm Abrams plans that I had bought years ago for a birthday present. I didn't get as fancy a Norm and didn't add a finish as their mom is really touchy about possible toxins in finishes. I did try the mini box joint jig from one of the sawdust sessions which worked pretty good ( I was disappointed that the dado blade did not provide a flat bottom) but over all not bad and the grandkids will enjoy.