ECQ 2.0 Hits: Check Out These Wooden Crafts You Can Do At Home
They’ve got wooden clocks, DIY pots, wind-up music boxes, and even a working gramophone
As we ease again into another season of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), and with Holy Week coming out, it’s nice to immerse ourselves in relaxing but productive activities to distract from the stress and anxiety of the times.
Crafts making, for one, has been very popular among kids and adults throughout the pandemic for various positive reasons.
According to a research published by University College London’s MARCH mental health network, arts and crafts can reduce anxiety and lower inflammation and stress hormones. Many other studies back up these findings, and those who engage in regular art-based activities were found to experience significant increase in overall well-being and quality of life.
Not only do arts and crafts serve as a good calming activity, but it also presents an opportunity to take a break from screens and mobile phones. With our waking hours usually consumed by laptop, mobile phone, and TV time, making time for these creative activities gives our eyes and our brains an opportunity to rest and take a break.
Crafting activities are also opportunities to bring the family together. Even though we are all staying home, every member of the family usually has their own thing. Encouraging everyone to participate in a crafting activity together—especially if it’s easy but interesting enough for everyone to participate in—makes for a great family and bonding time.
There are so many things to do, try, and experiment with when it comes to arts and crafts. There are visual arts like painting and drawing, something more tangible like sculpting, pottery, jewelry making, and woodworking, or niche hobbies like cosplay making, model plane building, or Gunpla model building.
For something easy, interesting, and practical for the whole family, why not check out these 3D wooden puzzles from Hobby Club PH?
3D Assembly Puzzle technology
Hobby Club PH is an online distributor of Robotime products here in the Philippines. They carry Robotime products which use 3D Assembly Puzzle technology to create sets that are easy to build, but ends up as a beautiful—and usually practical—items that you can display or use at home.
What’s great with their products is that instead of plastic, they use high-quality wood, laser-cut into puzzle pieces so that you can build each item yourself. The wooden finish gives off that unique vintage feel, and is much more sustainable and biodegradable that plastic toys.
They’ve got a variety of craftable items—from easy DIY wooden pots to more intricate builds like a working gramophone, projector, and music box. And yup, they’re all just made from cut-out wood. Whether you’re looking for easy 1-hour builds to more challenging 8-hour assemblies, there’s something special just for you.
Check out the gallery below for our favorite pieces from Hobby Club PH.
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DIY Crank Classic Gramophone
A working gramphone that you can build with wood? Awesome! Inspired by the gramophone invented by Thomas Edison, this 424-piece set comes with a vinyl record that can play 3 songs: The Merry Gent, Memory Of A Dance, The Giant Killers. The best part, it can also play other 7-inch and 10-inch records.
DIY Crank Classic Gramophone
The Crank Class Gramophone takes around 8 hours to build and can be played even without battery after wound-up. To reduce use of the wind-up mechanism, there’s also a micro USB port so you can connect it to an external power supply.
DIY Crank Classic Gramophone
Let this handmade vintage piece bring you back to the 19th century—a time of quiet and peace, where we can spend time with our loved ones anywhere we wish, with no virus to keep our minds troubled.
Secret Garden DIY Mechanical Music Box
Have you always wanted your own music box? Why not build your own? This mechanical music box is inspired by European church architecture and features a beautiful ballerina on each of its 6 sides.
Secret Garden DIY Mechanical Music Box
The music box has 315 pieces and takes around 5 hours to build. The box plays “Swan Lake” upon wind-up.
Starry Night Merry-Go-Round Music Box
Encourage your little girls to take a break from their mobile games and Youtube time. Help them make something beautiful with this colorful 174-piece Starry Night Merry-Go-Round Music Box.
Starry Night Merry-Go-Round Music Box
Upon wind-up, the merry-go-round comes to life and plays “It’s A Small World.” Apart from its dip-dyed wooden parts, there’s also a glass dome at the top for that magical effect.
City in the Sky Music Box
This gorgeous music box reminds us of Ghibli classics “Castle in the Sky” and “Howl’s Moving Castle.” Just imagine this peaceful town in the sky with their huge wisdom tree in full bloom as the tune of “Castle In The Sky” plays.
Airplane Control Tower Mechanical Music Box
Departing from the usual silhouette of a music box, this set adds another layer of quirky with its 3 rotating biplanes. Just like the Secret Garden music box, it takes around 5 hours to build. Upon wind-up, the box will play “It’s a Small World.”
Air Vehicle Mechanical Airship Plane Model
If you love model-making or if want to give your kids a more creative and earth-friendly toy plane, you’ll love this 229-piece mechanical plane model.
Air Vehicle Mechanical Airship Plane Model
Made with mechanical gears, the wheels and propeller can spin upon wind-up. Takes around 5 hours to build.
Time Engine DIY Desk Clock & Calendar
Instead of your usual desk clock and calendar, why not get this vintage set that you can do by yourself or with your family? This set was made in collaboration with a European designer, so it evokes a certain steampunk feel.
Time Engine DIY Desk Clock & Calendar
There’s a pocket watch embedded at the side of the piece to tell the time, while the face is equipped with a month, date, and day turntable for manual adjusting.
Zodiac Wall DIY Clock Time Engine
If you prefer a wall clock over a desk clock, check out this accompanying piece to the Time Engine Calendar. This Zodiac Wall Clock has an intricate dial plate etched with the 12 Zodiacs and can be mounted on the wall using its complimentary nail-free wall hook.
Zodiac Wall DIY Clock Time Engine
The Zodiac Wall Clock comes with a quartz movement clock and a manual adjustable month, date, and day dial.
DIY Flower Pot
Instead of your usual terracotta or ceramic pots, why not put your table succulents in these adorable DIY flower pots? One of the easiest pieces available at Hobby Club PH, these flower pots only take around an hour to assemble, and are recommended for kids 8 years and up.
DIY Flower Pot
The Flower Pots are available in 4 unique animal designs: Pot Bunny, Pot Kitty, Pot Puppy, and Pot Koala. They also come with a plastic tray to hold the soil and the plant.
Wooden Vitascope
Just like the gramophone, prepare to be amazed by this working vitascope inspired from the invention of Thomas Edison. Vitascopes were an early film projector that uses light to cast images into a wall or screen. This DIY version available at Hobby Club PH is a miniature version of the original, and can bring to life a black-and-white Charlie Chaplin classic.
Wooden Vitascope
No need for batteries for this one! Just crank the handle to run and power the motor inside, and you’re ready to watch your film.
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