Comment by rtkwe
2 days ago
You can introduce this way before you can trust a kid with a knife sharp enough to cut cardboard and they can use it way more independently.
2 days ago
You can introduce this way before you can trust a kid with a knife sharp enough to cut cardboard and they can use it way more independently.
Exactly, you're basically telling them you can't build stuff until you're 8+. Which coincidentally is around the age they'd lose interest
There are other tools you can safely use as a young kid and young kids can use knives etc they just need a lot of supervision and instruction. Hand saws are relatively safe compared to box cutters for example, they're unlikely to cut super deep but working with wood is a lot harder and more expensive. The cardboard hand tools mentioned elsewhere in the comments here are neat though they look like they work pretty well without having any sharp edges.
I agree, I'd do the Makedo style tools before this thing. But, I think the other part is this is an indoor activity with these tools. Handsaws would be outside for me (I don't want my house/furniture getting nicked during play).
The other part is, I simply don't want to heavily supervise their creative play. Everything kids do these days is planned and supervised, building a fort in your house shouldn't be.
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