Bushcraft, not Minecraft!

[Muddypaws]

With it being the middle of the school holidays my Mum is looking after my 11 year old nephews at home this week, so I thought I would try to interest them in something other than the dreaded Minecraft on the computer (they are obsessed with it). Here is the result.



A couple of rough spoons in willow (nice and soft), with a fair bit of assistance from me as the boys' hands are tiny and they struggled to manipulate my tools. However they were perfectly capable when it came to using my shaving horse and drawknife.

Hopefully I can get them interested in the outdoors and wood crafting (well I'll be wanting to leave my knives to someone one day!)

 

[bigbear]

Good job Sir, and lads !

 

[Macaroon]

Excellent stuff, always great to read these posts where somebody takes a bit of time to get the young'uns interested; well done indeed

 

[mick91]

Good going! Hard enough to keep adults off computers never mind kids.

 

[bopdude]

Yep, as said, great effort, good to get them away from the pc

 

[cranmere]

Well done, lads, those look pretty good for first attempts.

 

[badoosh]

Wish I could get my kids and grandkids interested.
Tried everything.
I would have sacrificed a finger(probably would have) to be taught how to make a spoon when I was a kid.

 

[richardhomer]

Great stuff.
Two happy boys learning something new. Keep up the good work

 

[jmagee]

My 6yo made a sword using a shaving horse and draw knife just yesterday. Thankfully he loves the outdoors and has yet to discover Minecraft

 

[Bushcraft Not Minecraft]

Hi there,

I've been working on a You Tube channel with my 10 year old son as a way to get him into the woods instead of sitting in front of his computer, the name of the channel is (funnily enough) Bushcraft Not Minecraft. He really enjoys being on the other side of the screen and picks up some real world skills along the way. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgYV4kVOfkPxnhFG1r5Ki1A