Kid's Benches

After cutting all your boards, start by drilling 1″ diameter holes in the side pieces A as shown above. Then join the two holes into a handle using a straight cut with a jigsaw, to ge the handle as shown below.

Then cut an arch out as shown above. If you don’t have a protractor, you can use a piece of string or even any round object that is the right size, to get the pattern.

Once both of your sides A are correctly cut out, use screws and glue to attach the sides to the bottom shelf, B, as shown above. With all screws, predrill with a countersink bit to hide your screws and prevent the wood from splitting.

Glue and screw the top to the bench, C, to the sides.

Flip the bench over and attach E by screwing through the bottom of E into the top of the bench C. Also, screw through the sides of A, the side, into the end edge of E. You do not need to toenail, as shown above. Do this on both sides.

Fill your screw holes with putty and sand and finish as desired.