Scroll Saw Shapes Puzzle
Click here to print the Shapes Pattern
Make learning fun. Help your child learn shapes by building this wooden educational shapes puzzle.
Materials
3/4" x 9" x 12" Pine, Basswood or Plywood
Paint--Clear for board after figures are cut out
Paint--Enamel acrylic latex or spray gloss enamel, your choice of colors, for the cutouts
Clear packaging tape, spray adhesive or carbon paper
Tools
Scroll saw or coping saw
1/16 Drill bit
#9 Saw blade
Power Sander (optional)
Fine sandpaper
Paint brushes, small--foam or bristle
Shapes Puzzle
Use a power sander or hand sand the wood on
both sides. Cover the wood on one side with clear
packaging tape to provide the saw blade with some
lubrication as it cuts.
Attach the pattern to the packaging tape
with spray adhesive. Alternate method using carbon
paper, trace the patterns on bare wood.
Using the 1/16 drill bit, drill a hole on the
cut line for insertion of #9 saw blade. Do this in a
inconspicuous place, like a small radius curve. One
hole for each figure.
Insert #9 saw blade through the hole and saw
the individual pieces. Sand the individual pieces
with fine sandpaper to smooth any imperfections.
After the wood is nice and smooth, apply the paint.
Be careful not to get too much paint on the edges that
mate with the board.
