Woodcraft Table and Chair

This is another "woodcraft at home" project that uses craft blocks and therefore will not cost too much to undertake. This time, you will need two packets of craft blocks. Some packets have 36 while others 42. Whichever is the case, this table and chair assembly project will need 70 pieces. Wood glue is also required (obviously) and this will also need to be purchased if you don't have any ready at hand. A sheet of baking paper is very handy. It allows gluing the blocks on a flat surface and therefore keeping them as straight as possible in at least one direction. I offer a careful step-by-step guide below, starting with the table and moving onto the chair. Careful lining up of rows of blocks is important so PLEASE take care to do that for best results. I have added an instruction video if that helps HERE

Note the size of the glue drops. Not much is needed. Gently press the blocks together in a neat row and let the excess glue ooze out. You can then carefully wipe off this excess glue and carefully shift the piece you have glued on the baking paper so that it does not start to stick to that spot.

When two rows are glued (7 blocks each), gently glue the rows together. I tried to remember to always have "end grain" facing up. I forgot a few times though. 

Repeat the process joining the next row of blocks to the widening table top.

The table top is completed by gluing together four rows of seven blocks each. There can be variations to this table top dimension depending on how many blocks you have left over the required 70 for the basic project. 

While the glue in the table top is setting, go onto making the four table legs. Each table leg is made up of four blocks. Make them as straight and as neat as you can. 

The table legs can now be glued onto the table top. Spot glue the table corners and gently press the table legs into those corner tabletop blocks. 

Next is the chair. The chair seat needs nine blocks. This is best assembled as three straight rows of three blocks forming a flat "square" of nine. 

While the glue of the chair seat is setting, assemble the four chair legs gluing together two blocks for each.

The chair legs can then we glued to the corner blocks of the chair seat. AFTER THIS, there may need to be a time pause to give the glue a chance to set before turning the assembly over with legs down.

The seat backrest is another collection of nine blocks forming a square of nine, assembled in the same manner as the chair seat (see above).

VERY gently glue the chair backrest to one end of the upright chair and give the glue a chance to properly set before moving this completed chair about.

The final result is very cute. If you are able, or that way inclined, you can send a picture of your own effort to your teacher and friends. In the end, this project can become a gift for someone who has a dolls house.

Before I started this project I roughly sketched it up to check how many actual blocks were required. I was delighted to find that just two packets of blocks was needed, 70 blocks in all with some left over. I hope you enjoy the project and please leave a comment about how you went.