Shop Project

Home Ec and other electives for girls seem to come easy for me. I love to sew, bake, cook, crochet, cross-stitch ... all activities that make for great Home Ec projects. Shop, however, is another story. As my son enters high school, I've been stumped looking for projects he and I could do together. Certainly he is learning to cook and bake, but I want him to develop other skills as well.

So last weekend we hit upon a project almost by accident! Aaron needed a new dresser ... the one he was using just wasn't meeting his needs any longer. So off he went with his dad to check out possibilities ... and back they came with a huge box full of hardware and pieces of very heavy wood! Instant "shop" project!

We sorted through pieces, read through the directions, and spent a couple of hours assembling a very nice dresser. I thoroughly enjoyed working side-by-side with my 14 year old "man" of few words. The end result was a very nice piece of furniture and the satisfaction of sharing a job well done. And the confidence that we can look for future projects to do together!

~Judy