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Walnut woodwork not just a board

VIDEO: Walnut Park students in Smithers show off their mastery with woodworking tools.
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Artistic expression could be added to the wood. (Chris Gareau photo)

Walnut Park Elementary Grade 6 and 7 students had a chance to show a board is not just a board with a week-long woodworking project.

Teachers Melanie Anderson, Sandra McAulay and Andy DeBoer had kids use the Northwest Community College maker space to transform a three-foot, 1x6 board into projects as varied as a ping pong table, birdhouse (with a spot for a bird TV), trucks, and BB gun targets.

The teachers hope to do a project similar to ‘Not-A-Board’ this spring.

Connor Muir and Dawson Unrah tell us about their woodworking projects:

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Somewhere to hang your Hylian hood. (Chris Gareau photo)
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Connor Muir (left) and Dawson Unrah with their works. (Chris Gareau photo)
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Keira Boland decided this was an opportunity to make four pieces of her own design. (Chris Gareau photo)
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