Home Depot usually offers a free Kids Workshop on the first Saturday of the month. At the workshop your child will be able to build that month’s project. When your child arrives they are given a package that includes the wood pieces, nails, stickers and printed directions. If this is your child’s first visit, they will receive a Home Depot apron to wear. On the table will be hammers, wood glue and wipes.
Unlike at Lowes, we found the “tables” (piles of plywood with a plastic tablecloth) to be excellent to assemble on and the directions were easy to follow. After the project is assembled, S was offered the ability to paint it. While we have found that the projects are simpler to build than Lowes’ (fewer parts and fewer stickers) the ability to paint the projects more than made up for it.
When your child has finished the item, a Home Depot employee will give them a certificate of completion, a pin (themed to the project that was built) and a small bag of candy.
I do recommend that you register your child online ahead of time. You can check the schedule of upcoming workshops and register your child here.
The recommended ages for the Kids Workshops are 5-12 years. However, in my experience Home Depot will not turn your child away. The biggest concerns with the workshops are the small nails (which children could put in their mouths) and obviously the swinging of the hammer. My daughter started attending when she was 3 and it was difficult for her to get the nails in, but we helped her.
We have attended several workshops with S and she has enjoyed each of them. S has loved building the various items and is always asking us when the next workshop is.
Have you attend one of Home Depot’s Kids Workshops? What did your family think of it?
All opinions are my own about our experience. I was not compensated for this post.
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