Making a firetruck with Grandpa's help.
If you want to enjoy a fun and FREE family-friendly activity, then visit the Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinic this Saturday (Jan. 9) and you can help your child make a coin bank. We’ve been going to these for the past year and my girls (ages 5 & 6) really enjoy them. I’ve gone to a few, but I usually send my husband to the workshops since it’s a great way to enjoy some Daddy bonding time while giving Mommy a little break. Grandparents also make wonderful helpers. The workshops are geared for ages five and up but S went when she was four and she did great. If it’s your first time attending, your child will receive an adorable work apron and goggles which they’ll bring back to use at any additional workshops they attend. After completing each workshop, they get iron on patches that they add to their aprons. Lowe’s graciously provides this all free of charge and it really is a great way to have your kids learn how to follow directions, use tools properly (mostly using a small hammer and nails), and they get to take home their wooden creation.
S is in the zone!
If you can’t make the January 9th workshop, you’ll have plenty of other opportunities. Lowe’s has the clinics twice a month from 10-11am. On January 23, Tic Tac Toe is on the schedule.Click here to register and see if the Lowe’s near you is offering the workshops.
Thanks for the feedback – we have to sit on the floor too but my girls don’t seem to mind even though I’m a bit stiff at times – lol. Great tips on Home Depot and being off the floor is a bonus. I haven’t tried those yet but I do like the idea of the pins. I use a hot glue gun on those patches (just waiting for the hot glue to burn a hole in the apron but so far the aprons have held up pretty well). We’ll have to give HD a try soon.
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Not to be a stick in the mud….but our Lowes has us sit on the floor in their breakroom for these events. Ick!
Also, check out Home Depot workshops…..where we don’t have to sit on the floor, LOL, and mom doesn’t have to sew a patch on the apron after the event! HD gives the kids little pins to attach to the apron.
So, mom rather prefers HD workshops