Working with children: 14 ideas for woodworking and simple instructions

Make a thread picture with a tractor motif for the children's room

Thread pictures are again a great idea and can be easily customized. Beautiful motifs and letters can be created simply with a nail, hammer and lots of thread.

For this project you will need a template, a wooden board, hammer and nails, thread, scissors, paint and brushes, a pen, tweezers and glue. The basis of your work of art can also be a natural wooden disc. It depends on what style you want to have.

First, paint the panel in the color you have chosen, preferably twice, so that it covers well. Mark the corner points where you want to put the nails. Place the template in the middle of the board and start driving in the nails.

Make sure everyone is at the same height. Now tear the template off the board. You can remove the remaining paper with tweezers.

Now start tensioning the threads. It's best to start on one side and tie the thread tightly. Then the thread goes around each nail and first creates the contours of the motif.

You can easily fix a few node points with the glue. After you've finished the contours, you can simply fill in the motif with colorful threads as you like. For example, two different threads were used for this tractor: black for the tires and black and white for the tractor cab.