How to Make a Toddler Rocker and Walking Kangaroo

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  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

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  • @darthfader733
    @darthfader733 4 года назад +27

    My Grandfather built a rocking horse like this for me when I was a kid and now his great-great granddaughter has it. Thank you for your wonderful videos.

  • @debramcknight
    @debramcknight 3 года назад

    April, I made the elephant rocker for a new family member’s 1st birthday and presented it today. Pine body and rockers, walnut saddle and red oak legs and ears. Natural finish. It looked really great and was a big hit. Thanks for the plans.

  • @KenRobidoux
    @KenRobidoux 4 года назад +6

    Ordered the elephant! I absolutely love that you're sending templates. So easy! Thanks, April!

  • @andrewurban6108
    @andrewurban6108 4 года назад

    I have built my 2 of my nieces rocking dinosaurs. Another one got a rocking pig. A rocking bear will be the project this year. My brother is expecting twins so we will see what they get next year. With my small shop I end up using 2x lumber and it works well. Lots of sanding and filling. Kids love them.

  • @talladegadude4852
    @talladegadude4852 4 года назад +6

    These toys are adorable and will make wonderful gifts for any family with small children! I love them! Well done.

  • @edwardholmes91
    @edwardholmes91 4 года назад

    All the projects look great April! I'd maybe consider spraying the rockers with a coat of lacquer to protect them and stop the paint from scuffing? Wish I was a kid again and could use them!

  • @anthonyreed3682
    @anthonyreed3682 4 года назад +17

    Great job as always! You're racking up MAJOR "Cool Aunt" points with this one. I'd love to see your nephew's reaction when he sees this toy.

  • @JamesDeese
    @JamesDeese 4 года назад

    Your crafting is great, your narrative even greater. Thanks for sharing this journey with us. You have renewed the passion of my youth for woodworking.

  • @scottm135
    @scottm135 3 года назад

    Just wanted to say that I enjoy your videos and get a lot of inspiration from them. I have just built my first rocker from your plans and I’m super chuffed with it.

  • @BeaverCraftTools
    @BeaverCraftTools 4 года назад

    WOW! These projects are amazing! I will make them for my kids. Due to the current situation, your ideas are super helpful!

  • @xxepiphoneyxx
    @xxepiphoneyxx 4 года назад +1

    Immediately downloaded the kangaroo template. Excited to start this project and see how my kid likes it! Thanks!

  • @kangaroovalleywoodcrafts4562
    @kangaroovalleywoodcrafts4562 4 года назад +1

    Love the hopping kangaroos we have had them in our shop for years and they are a favourite with all our customers

  • @MattGraunke
    @MattGraunke 4 года назад

    Great job April.

  • @Superwoodwork02
    @Superwoodwork02 4 года назад +1

    Childrens Wood toys very nice information

  • @norm1124
    @norm1124 4 года назад

    Very lovely projects. I hope you and your lovely family are all fine.

  • @markbryan9989
    @markbryan9989 4 года назад +5

    Fun! Great idea for the little ones. Mine are all to old for those but it was fun watching the video and your joy that accompanied it. Thanks April.

  • @bobbonham4823
    @bobbonham4823 4 года назад +5

    Love them all. Since we are beyond toddler stage, I might have to build the Roo for myself. Thanks!!

  • @patrickretsel7048
    @patrickretsel7048 4 года назад

    I think your enthusiasm and joy about these toys is the thing I admire the most.....your craftsmanship is amazing too but than again, it always is awesome!😎

  • @sibbyd8743
    @sibbyd8743 4 года назад

    Hey April. Great work! I prefer the rockers with the dowel handles. Seems it would be easier for toddlers to grasp and remain stable. Hope that helps!

  • @JoseMartinez-tt1ky
    @JoseMartinez-tt1ky 4 года назад

    Great projects for kids to participate in a building. Fantastic concept April looks like you had fun making and building these toys!

  • @MadzBritton
    @MadzBritton 4 года назад

    First time i ever got plans from the interweb! Can't wait to start these builds for my nieces and nephews! Thanks April

  • @BearCreekWoodworking
    @BearCreekWoodworking 4 года назад

    This was a Very FUN video to watch April! I can tell you enjoyed making the rockers. The kangaroo toy was fun too. I like that the Kangaroo Toy is a project that can utilize scraps and cut offs of previous projects. Have a Great Day!

  • @Grunt49
    @Grunt49 4 года назад +6

    Thank you for a bright spot in my day!

  • @maehay4065
    @maehay4065 4 года назад

    Cute little Easter toys. The taller boy reminds me of my son who was in the 90 percent for his height so he always too tall to play on these kinds of toys. Now he is 6’3 and he has a 6 year old son. I have so much fun playing with my grandson! Great project 👍

  • @sandypratt8951
    @sandypratt8951 4 года назад +1

    You are so smart and clever. 👍

  • @annhermis8789
    @annhermis8789 4 года назад +1

    Hi April, I just wat you to know I like watching you. I could almost see myself in you.
    When I was young my Father and Bros. build our wooden house and I kept watching them every day. Then my Father suddenly tells me you´ve been watching now for so long so it´s time for you to be a little carpenter so I always helped out on little tools and learned to hammer, sewing, cutting and filling. So I learned to like it, then do it when they were tired. Finally, My Bro. spoke out loud to our Father saying Hermi is doing it seriously the whole day she´s doing, something, "WE HAVE TO STOP HER." I thought they would be happy, you know, FATHER AND BRO. THEN SAID ARE YOU CRAZY? WHO TOLD YOU TO WORK THAT HARD?
    WE JUST WANT YOU TO DO LITTLE THINGS AND ENJOY IT, AND THAT´S IT!!!
    SEE, it just happened that I have a grown-up family! who knows????
    April I like you a lot. Take Good Care also. And give yourself a break!. Yes, you are wonderful and your videos showed your excellence. MORE POWER TO YOU!!!

  • @Goose8219
    @Goose8219 4 года назад +1

    Thank you April . This is the perfect deal for the kiddos. I love the chicken one I really do. Awesome video especially today on Easter Sunday. Stay safe and can’t wait to visit the new shop here in the near future. Have a great one. Here from Houston Texas

  • @8178scotty
    @8178scotty 4 года назад

    Really loved the toys! I have four grandsons and I can see some of these in their future. Well done.

  • @mildlycornfield
    @mildlycornfield 4 года назад

    These are really cute, and your rooster incredibly well timed!

  • @piledriver141
    @piledriver141 4 года назад +4

    Hey April, the wife loved the chicken rocker!! Still waiting on grandkids

  • @larrymazzuca1313
    @larrymazzuca1313 4 года назад

    Those are great children's rocker projects , I saw Grandpa Amu make a walking figure . You are great , stay well and keep bringing us projects that we can watch .

  • @chinoodin4735
    @chinoodin4735 4 года назад +1

    Love how you’ve grown this channel. Great description following the work and always inspiring.

  • @robmathis5654
    @robmathis5654 4 года назад

    Wooden toys are always a hit! Thanks for sharing! Cheers!!

  • @hobbyturner6634
    @hobbyturner6634 4 года назад +1

    Thank you ! I have an Australian colleague that will love the walking Kangaroo !!!!

  • @taedo7661
    @taedo7661 4 года назад

    You look like you were having way too much fun making those. Nice job.

  • @jamesb990
    @jamesb990 4 года назад

    Hi April. Nice work cool rockers can you show us the cnc processes some time please . Thanks.

  • @macguy12341
    @macguy12341 4 года назад

    Love them both but got the kangaroo to build for my granddaughter. I've built many pull toys and this will be a great addition. Thank you so much, and keep the videos coming.

  • @MisterTee2010
    @MisterTee2010 4 года назад +2

    The chicken rocker is my favorite. Happy Easter April.

  • @UrraSergio
    @UrraSergio 3 года назад

    3:58 🙂
    Your happiness made me happy.

  • @GM_____
    @GM_____ 4 года назад

    That chicken rocker is absolutely adorable 💜

  • @videotheclips
    @videotheclips 4 года назад +3

    As always, every think you make is 100% excellent. I love it.

  • @davidscott3046
    @davidscott3046 4 года назад

    of course you had to do a chicken one as your chicken crazy, and with the kangaroo that walks, as i live in Australia, that is the best thing i have seen for a while, Keep up the fantastic work April. Look forward to your next project....... and we have made them here too

  • @Iskelderon
    @Iskelderon 4 года назад

    Awesome!
    Always great to see people build something nice for a bunch of cute kids.

  • @olddawgdreaming5715
    @olddawgdreaming5715 4 года назад +1

    Great job April, really liked the projects. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred.

  • @DonDegidio
    @DonDegidio 4 года назад

    Hi April,
    Happy Easter. The rockers and kangaroo very nice projects. Stay safe.

  • @kennethrand4877
    @kennethrand4877 4 года назад

    Nice job April. I love to take a break from the projects I have going to watch you.

  • @annhermis8789
    @annhermis8789 4 года назад

    It´s wonderful to know and see and learn from every walks of life, for every good gift and every perfect gift is from Above.

  • @forestlampcraft472
    @forestlampcraft472 4 года назад +3

    Cool!

  • @40mick
    @40mick 4 года назад +1

    Any chance April you will have the DXF files for the rockers?

  • @killianlynch9801
    @killianlynch9801 4 года назад

    Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but how do the legs of the kangaroo move if both legs and the body are glued to the same dowel?

  • @nordyfamily
    @nordyfamily 4 года назад

    Great work! Thanks for taking the time to make, film, edit and share

  • @gregtimko5967
    @gregtimko5967 4 года назад

    Love them both. I guess now I know what I have to make for my 18 month old great-niece. Stay safe and Happy Easter.

  • @OthelloMarcAnderson
    @OthelloMarcAnderson 4 года назад +1

    All kinds of adorable April!!! MUAH

  • @richardking9442
    @richardking9442 4 года назад

    You are an awesome aunt, you are going to make an even more awesome mommy! Love your videos!

  • @Nothing_Town
    @Nothing_Town 4 года назад +2

    The chicken one is my favorite! It's so cute!

  • @canedobrazil3209
    @canedobrazil3209 4 года назад +2

    Thanks four vídeo to Brazil.

  • @janinehilario
    @janinehilario 4 года назад

    You are amazing! I dream to be good at making wooden toys for kids to enjoy. Need alot of trial and error and more practice. Much love to you Please make more kids wooden toys pls. Love everything youre about

  • @richardburguillos3118
    @richardburguillos3118 4 года назад

    Great builds! Amazing shop. Thanks for sharing the fun!

  • @housdrmoon
    @housdrmoon 4 года назад +1

    i think that’s better design than comercially available things. great!

  • @miguelangelnaranjosimon1461
    @miguelangelnaranjosimon1461 4 года назад

    Hola, gracias por mostrar tu taller y creaciones
    Saludos desde Chile 👍👍

  • @donaldtrabeaux5235
    @donaldtrabeaux5235 4 года назад +1

    Awesome job April take care my friend and stay safe god bless . Happy 🐣 Easter

  • @brianreese9318
    @brianreese9318 4 года назад +2

    Very cool April keep up the fun

  • @jgrow15068
    @jgrow15068 4 года назад +2

    Nice I love the walking kangaroo so adorable!

  • @valeriedrouet8706
    @valeriedrouet8706 4 года назад

    Great great,thank you so much for free plan. Thank you from France et mille mercis pour toutes vos vidéos.🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @sagorjag2690
    @sagorjag2690 4 года назад

    This is so much fun to see. You are amazingly good. You always use good methods. What is extra fun to see is that it is a girl who has this interest and is doing so tremendously well. Wonderfully! Thinking if my own wife had had this interest?

  • @jokereinders1040
    @jokereinders1040 4 года назад

    I love your work. A fan from the Netherlands. So I'm verry happy that I could buy the paper template. But which bit do you use to copy the template ...

  • @cathmasurlesroutes4921
    @cathmasurlesroutes4921 4 года назад +1

    bonjour April, pour les animaux à bascules mes enfants et petits enfants sont trop vieux, mais le kangourou c'est ça va, merci du partage

    • @Nixtutru
      @Nixtutru 4 года назад

      The french comment in english: Hello April, for the rocking animals my childs and little childs are to old, but the kangaroo is ok, thanks for sharing.

  • @marcofg81
    @marcofg81 4 года назад +1

    Hi April... i'm yours italian's fan 😁😁 i need only the pdf with plan 1:1... is possible?? I want to pay, of course... i'm interested to Lion and Elephant... nice great job!!! Answer me, please... thanks...

    • @virusdm
      @virusdm 4 года назад

      I'm also interested in the pdf!

  • @rickcraw100
    @rickcraw100 4 года назад

    Omg, the Animal Rockers are great. Super cool, Thanks

  • @AyanAdin
    @AyanAdin 4 года назад +1

    God bless you

  • @marianegron1819
    @marianegron1819 4 года назад

    Happy Easter you guys

  • @joepierce5357
    @joepierce5357 4 года назад +2

    Amazing work as always💪🏻 Happy Easter to you and your family ❤️

  • @charlesh7962
    @charlesh7962 4 года назад

    Omg it's " Super Auntie " lol Great mobile kangaroo & rocking elephant.:)

  • @johngrossbohlin7582
    @johngrossbohlin7582 4 года назад +1

    You need a design with a roll bar... my niece used to flip her's over, both forward and backwards, she rocked so aggressively!

  • @FirthFabrications
    @FirthFabrications 4 года назад

    These are incredible. Awesome job!

  • @dianecora5675
    @dianecora5675 4 года назад +2

    Im in love with the elephants!

  • @kaosthecosmicreviewer1055
    @kaosthecosmicreviewer1055 4 года назад +7

    Aussie here, I clicked on this after seeing the walking kangaroo in the title.
    After watching this video I might have to build them.

  • @RoyalRoost24
    @RoyalRoost24 4 года назад

    What is the flush trim bit you used?

  • @waynebrownfield6917
    @waynebrownfield6917 4 года назад

    Happy Easter Sunday morning

  • @lindaway1928
    @lindaway1928 4 года назад +1

    Love them both! Thanks.

  • @danieldeane21
    @danieldeane21 4 месяца назад

    Would love to buy template of the toddler chicken..Can't find it
    Could you help.. thanks 👍🏼

    • @AprilWilkerson
      @AprilWilkerson  4 месяца назад

      Sadly, the toddler rockers are no longer available. But thank you for being supportive of what I do. Thanks for watching.

  • @kevinbourke7800
    @kevinbourke7800 4 года назад

    Brilliant design for the rockers, April, and your cheery video really helped during the current isolation! Sadly, you don’t ship templates to Canada... I’d buy e-plans if they were available (PDF or for SketchUp?). Keep up the top-drawer work.

  • @AndreaArzensek
    @AndreaArzensek 4 года назад

    Great looking toys. I'll definitely give a try on the walking toys :)

  • @baltimoreace
    @baltimoreace 4 года назад

    Are they all the same size? The lion looks smaller.

  • @davidkay1386
    @davidkay1386 4 года назад

    The lion and the elephant are so very cute.

  • @VovaEntertainment
    @VovaEntertainment 4 года назад

    You're very handy , You do very well

  • @BearCreekWoodworking
    @BearCreekWoodworking 4 года назад

    Thanks for the FREE Kangaroo Templates April! I'll have FUN trying this out.

  • @laszlovigh2513
    @laszlovigh2513 4 года назад

    Very nice little boy! 👍🧒🎠🏇🌞🌞

  • @robertmccreary8814
    @robertmccreary8814 4 года назад

    I like all of them very cute expressly the kangaroo great work that you do I'm very impressed with everything you do very talented lady you are !!!! Mahalo for sharing your videos 🤙

  • @shaerocco
    @shaerocco 4 года назад

    What dust mask are you using? I always find it hard to get one that fits smaller faces? Not saying your face is small but it's gotta be smaller than all the large mens sizes out there.
    Thanks! Great video. Will be building my daughter a rocker soon!

  • @giovannipetitti1588
    @giovannipetitti1588 4 года назад +2

    best wishes for a happy Easter ❤️

  • @ShowemRight
    @ShowemRight 4 года назад

    Cool Rockers and Kangaroo, that being said, do you have a design for a wooden Ironing board thats stronger than the not so strong, hollowed out tube metal stuff that the big big stores sell?

  • @lostsoul7136
    @lostsoul7136 4 года назад +9

    Fantastic as ever.
    Were you having a giggling fit or were you talking to someone behind the camera?

  • @jeffscomp
    @jeffscomp 4 года назад

    They’re very cute. Happy Easter 🐣

  • @ButlerMillWorks
    @ButlerMillWorks 4 года назад +1

    What a cute project, thanks for sharing!

  • @jinalchauhan6696
    @jinalchauhan6696 4 года назад

    Hey April. Great videos...I’ve just started woodwork as a hobby & find your videos very informative and easy to understand, Your great! Can I request you build a dolls house. I want to make one for my niece....

  • @cholland3440
    @cholland3440 4 года назад

    Is that hearing protection in your ears or Bluetooth

  • @dusty_rhodes
    @dusty_rhodes 4 года назад

    Cutenesses overload 💕
    I love all the rockers but the Lion 🦁 just a little bit more 😉

  • @robertmadden7536
    @robertmadden7536 4 года назад

    I love the roo. Will make a couple for my grand nieces

  • @julioceasrchungperez8742
    @julioceasrchungperez8742 Год назад

    Muy lindo trabajo bendiciones
    Como puedo octener ese molde en medidas reales listo para imprimir soy aficionado de carpintwroa