Follow along with the video to build a bird house with us! Grab plans on our DIY Projects page, find materials and tools at home or your local home improvement store and plan for about an hour for assembly.
Kids DIY @ The Dalles Farmers' Market
This weekend we offered a free kids DIY project at The Dalles Farmers' Market! 17 kids chose to build either a mason bee house or a bird house that they could take home and learned more about native bees and birds. Thanks to Tum-A-Lum Lumber for providing all of the materials for these projects. We are also available for private DIY parties and events at your location so please contact us for scheduling!
July Birdhouse Workshops @ Tum-A-Lum Lumber
This month we built birdhouses with kids during our workshops at Tum-A-Lum Lumber in Pendleton and Hood River. All together 40 kids built, stained and took home their own cedar birdhouse! It was our most complex project this year with skill building including layout, measuring, marking, hammering, attaching hooks and chain, and staining with rags. If you were unable to attend the workshop you can download the plans here and build it at home.
Next month we are building toolboxes! You can sign up for the Hood River workshop here and the Pendleton workshop here. Hope to see you soon!
Kid's Tool Box Workshop @ Tum-A-Lum Lumber
Today we offered our second workshop with Tum-A-Lum Lumber in Hood River! This time we focused it on kids who learned how to hammer together pre-cut pieces of pine into their own toolboxes. Then they got creative with paint to personalize their toolbox. Stay tuned for a DIY how-to guide so you can make one of your own! Also, you can check out last month's bird house workshop here.
Bird House Workshop @ Tum-A-Lum Lumber
Today the company I founded, enerstructa llc, offered our first official workshop in partnership with Tum-A-Lum Lumber in Hood River, Oregon! Due to high interest in the workshop, we actually taught 2 groups of 10 people of all ages how to build bird houses. Tum-A-Lum provided all of the materials and tools for the workshop. Prior to the workshop, I pre-cut the pieces of each kit and then participants nailed the pieces together to form the birdhouse. We also used drills to screw on the bottom pieces so they can be more easily removed to empty out the next each year. Finally, everyone painted their bird house, getting creative with the red, yellow and blue quick drying paint. Stay tuned for a DIY how-to guide so you can make one of your own!
Workshop Kick-Off @ Tum-A-Lum Lumber
Hey everyone, sorry it's been a while since my last post. I've been busy working on starting my own business, enerstructa llc, which offers EPS home verifications, energy consulting and carpentry & home repair workshops. I am partnering with a local business, Tum-A-Lum Lumber in Hood River, OR, to offer monthly workshops which will be held on the last Saturday of each month from 9-11am. Today was their Founders Day event so I was there tabling to kick-off the workshop series. Participants were able to learn more about upcoming workshops as well as build and take home a hanging planter box. It was so much fun teaching people to build, especially the kids as they caught on so quickly! Check out the photos below. I'm excited for the first official workshop in 2 weeks, on July 29th, where parents can bring their kids to build bird houses. Space is limited and sign-ups will be managed by Tum-A-Lum. Once the event is created, I will post a link here to register!
