Make: Volume 87

FINISHING

For each finished block, use a router with a ½"

radius round-over bit to smooth the edges.

Finally, sanding the corners is also advised.

PLAY TIME!

Just like the tiny kindergarten blocks, your eight

giant playground cubes can be arranged into

one humongous cube, and so can the eight giant

tiles. To freshen ours up and protect against the

elements, we recently sealed them with some

recycled house stain (Figure

K

).

The advantage of the Froebel blocks over a

conventional playground is that the continual

redesign by the kids themselves keeps it fresh.

The students use the blocks in the traditional

ways — making representative shapes and