Scroll Saw Baby Animals: 50 Adorable Puzzle Projects to Make in Wood (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step Sloth, plus Panda, Lion, & Bear Cubs, Puppies, Kittens, & More; How to Simplify for Safe Toys - Softcover

Judy Peterson; Dave Peterson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497100542 ISBN 13: 9781497100541

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Make adorable baby animal puzzle projects with your scroll saw!

• Over 50 patterns for freestanding, interlocking baby animal puzzles you can make on your scroll saw
• Step-by-step project for a sloth in a tree demonstrates how to scroll saw the puzzles
• How to simplify projects to contain pieces big enough to be safe as toys for young kids
• Includes scroll saw basics, how to design from a photograph, and how to cut features
• Authors Judy & Dave Peterson are award-winning scrolling artists and have written four other popular scrolling books

From pandas and piglets to bear cubs and bunnies, this book by popular authors Judy and Dave Peterson offers 58 scroll saw patterns of baby animals found in the zoos, woods, jungles, and oceans of the world.

A step-by-step project for a sloth in a tree provides practice to become familiar with scroll sawing a free-standing, interlocking puzzle. You'll also find the basic scrolling information that you need to get started, how to simplify puzzles for pattern variations, how to design a pattern from a photo, and how to cut facial features.

You'll learn how to simplify any of the patterns yourself to make the puzzles safe for kids, and there are even a few simplified projects included that already have pieces large enough to be safe for children to play with!

The puzzles vary in difficulty from very easy to more complex, making this an excellent guide to practice and expand your scroll sawing skills. Patterns include:

• Elephant calf
• Kittens
• Puppies
• Baby hedgehog
• Ducklings
• Lamb
• Colt and Foal
• Fox cubs
• Camel calf
• Baby mongoose
• Rhino calf
• Penguin chicks
• Koala cub
• Fawn
• Coyote pup
• Raccoon kit
• Sea otter pup
• ...and many more!

Great for decorating a nursery or children's room, or gifting as a handmade toy to someone you love, Scroll Saw Baby Animals will help you further your scroll saw practice with fun and playful projects!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Saw them all!

From baby monkeys, gorillas, piglets, and lambs to panda cubs, bear cubs, and lion cubs, this book has 58 scroll saw puzzle patterns of young animals found in the forests, jungles, farms, and waters of the world. Opening with basic information to get you started, complete a step-by-step hanging baby sloth practice project to become familiar with scroll sawing a free-standing, interlocking puzzle. Learn how to simplify puzzles for pattern variations, design a pattern from a photograph, and cut facial features. Then, enjoy more than 50 ready-to-use scroll saw patterns for a wide range of baby animals, from easy to more complex – some being safe enough for young kids to play with! Best-selling authors and award-winning scroll saw artists Judy and Dave Peterson share their expert knowledge and playful passion, making this is an excellent guide to further your scroll saw skills!

PLUS A STEP-BY-STEP OF THE SLOTH IN A TREE

"This charming addition to the Peterson menagerie contains projects that will please and challenge both novice and experienced scroll saw users."
—Carole Rothman, author of Scroll Saw Wooden Bowls and Creative Wooden Boxes from the Scroll Saw

"So many adorable projects combined with so much expert advice and knowledge means you'll be turning out beautiful puzzles from the very start. I truly appreciate the many years of professional woodworking knowledge distilled into simple tidbits, tricks-of-the-trade, and how-to steps to help woodworkers of any skill level be successful making engaging and meaningful puzzles."
—Bob Gilsdorf, author of Making Inventive Wooden Toys

Also available by the authors
Making Wooden Dinosaur Toys and Puzzles
Zodiac Puzzles for Scroll Saw Woodworking
Animal Puzzles for the Scroll Saw
Fantasy & Legend Scroll Saw Puzzles

About the Author:

Award-winning scroll saw artist Judy Peterson is the author of Animal Puzzles for the Scroll Saw, Second Edition, Fantasy & Legend Scroll Saw Puzzles, Zodiac Puzzles for Scroll Saw Woodworking, and Fantasy Adventure Puzzles Pattern Pack. She is a regular contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine.

Judy operates FanTaminals, a business selling wood-crafted puzzles online and at art and craft shows. She also teaches beginning and intermediate scroll sawing at Woodcraft in Madison, Wisconsin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1497100542
• ISBN 13: 9781497100541
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144