Spent the last couple of days working on a couple of wood (Grrrrr!!!!) projects for my first granddaughter. The first was a wooden type puzzle freely available for a few pounds. However I decided to make one more individual instead.

My material choice was plywood and I did a lot of research into safe paints and finishes since everything at the moment gravitates to Freya's mouth!

I won't go into the why's and wherefores of how I made the puzzle suffice to say I did enjoy making the aluminium buttons for it the most. I sorted out a system fairly quickly to manufacture 12 of then buttons and was amazed to finish them in one session, without a single fault,  and for me that's a massive achievement. Indeed it could be a first!

Once I had finished the wooden puzzle I finished off a spinning top I had been making. If you want to read more about the spinning top (very addictive in the trial runs to make sure it worked - and again and again...)then visit my pen making website to read more.

Hopeful that tomorrow I will be recommencing work on the 16 valves I need to make for the pair of Seal engines. Perhaps I can bring a bit of  the luck I had making the buttons?