Handyman In a Making Part 2

This past Saturday we took Miss J and Mr. Z to Lowe's Build and Grow clinic. It's Lowe's bi-weekly program for kids. It's similar to our previous visit to Home Depot Kids Workshop. Lowe's provides tool, apron and all parts for parents to work on a small project with their children.

We got there about a quarter after 10. There were a lot of people already there working on their projects. We handed the gentleman who supervised the whole thing our paperwork that I printed and signed online. Basically, it's the waiver form just to make sure that we won't sue them if we happen to bang on our own thumb. The gentleman then handed us the building kit, children size hammer and Lowe's apron.. Gosh.. I love this. I wish I could get one for myself.

We found the empty space and started our project. This week project was the race car. It looked a bit complicate but they did have an instruction and model for us to follow.

Well, I'm not a handyman by trade so I made a small mistake by putting it one of the panel for the car off from the original plan. No biggie.. We were able to pull it out and started it over again. The project didn't take long to complete. We got it done within 45 mins. I'm sure you can do it faster with bigger kids. But we just wanted them to do it themselves and enjoyed the process.

After we had finished, we (the kids) received their certification and badge for this week project. It would have been even better if the badge has self-adhesive sticker. Now I would need to sew it on their apron. Me and crafty stuff doesn't really go well together.

So if you have no other plan on Saturday morning, be sure to check out Home Depot Kids Workshop or Lowe's Build and Grow Clinics for low cost and fun activity for the whole family.