Summer Camp At Home Craft: Make Your Own Wooden Tops

I found the inspiration for this very simple but fun craft at Kleas… and when I saw that this was something that the blogger had made with her son and his little buddies at his pre-school, I felt fairly confident that we could handle it!

All you need are wooden dowels and wooden wheels that will fit snugly over the dowels- both of which I found easily at our local crafts store. If you’d like to make your wooden top a bit more colorful, you can paint the wheel with acrylic paint and allow it to dry before assembling your top.

Cut the dowels into 3-inch lengths (I had to use my hubby’s hand saw to do this), and then using a pencil sharpener (either electric or manual) sharpen one end into a point. Use a little sandpaper to smooth the sharpened end so that there are no rough edges. And you want the bottom of your point to be flat so the top has something to spin on. Then fit your wheel onto the dowel so it rests in the lower third of the dowel… I needed to use a hammer to lightly tap the wheel into place.

The kids had a lot of fun competing to see who could get their top to spin the longest!

If you enjoyed this, please check out my other summer camp at home craft ideas:

Sharons Signture Summer Camp At Home Craft: Make Your Own Wooden Tops