My son will be 5 in a couple of weeks and has expressed an interest in
having a rocket ship shelf. He currently has a store bought shelf in
his room that's about 2ft wide and 6 ft tall. I've DAGS but haven't
found anything. A couple of years ago I made one of those boat shelfs
for my brother, and while that's close to what I'm looking for, I'm
afraid it will just look like a boat in the end.
Thanks for any pointers,
Mark
werlax wrote:
> My son will be 5 in a couple of weeks and has expressed an interest in
> having a rocket ship shelf. He currently has a store bought shelf in
> his room that's about 2ft wide and 6 ft tall. I've DAGS but haven't
> found anything. A couple of years ago I made one of those boat shelfs
> for my brother, and while that's close to what I'm looking for, I'm
> afraid it will just look like a boat in the end.
> Thanks for any pointers,
> Mark
I'm thinking just add a pair of fins on the bottom and paint it bright
colors. Your son can help paint it, so it will look just like what he
thinks a rocket should look like.
Thu, Jun 3, 2004, 11:09am (EDT-1) [email protected] (C.Groth) says:
I'm thinking just add a pair of fins on the bottom and paint it bright
colors. <abuo>
Nope. Ask the kid what "he" thinks a rocket should look like.
Maybe draw you a picture, or better, show you a picture. Go from there.
I would think plywood for the back, and shelves, maybe the sides.
Then a design on the outside, and bright colors. No prob.
JOAT
If you're offered free wood, take it, period; figure out what to use it
for later.
- JOAT
Robert E. Lewis wrote:
> "werlax" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> My son will be 5 in a couple of weeks and has expressed an interest
>> in having a rocket ship shelf.
>
> The main thing is that it needs to be magnetic and/or covered in
> Velcro, so things don't float off in Zero-G.
>
Now that gives me an idea. Make it so he can interact with it in someway.
Get in? Hmmm... Of course, this is how the 'project pit' gets started. A
simple bookshelf turns into an animated interactive adventure for the
children. Now I just have to figure out how to combine the computer into
this somehow and I'll be set.
>> ... A couple of years ago I made one of those boat shelfs
>> for my brother, and while that's close to what I'm looking for, I'm
>> afraid it will just look like a boat in the end.
>
> Just build another one of those, and tell the kid it's a SPACE-ship.
>
The problem is that we have a boat in the driveway and he just *might* make
the connection. Also, he sees the boat/nautical theme at his uncle's house
where the other shelf is often enough to see the similarity. It's in the
back of my mind, anyway.
Thanks,
Mark
"werlax" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My son will be 5 in a couple of weeks and has expressed an interest in
> having a rocket ship shelf.
The main thing is that it needs to be magnetic and/or covered in Velcro, so
things don't float off in Zero-G.
> ... A couple of years ago I made one of those boat shelfs
> for my brother, and while that's close to what I'm looking for, I'm
> afraid it will just look like a boat in the end.
Just build another one of those, and tell the kid it's a SPACE-ship.