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"M" is for Mini Wheelbarrow

Build: mini wheelbarrow


Build your own wooden mini wheelbarrow to make the perfect Spring table decor.
Some marshmallow peeps were hiding in our grass:
This wheelbarrow could hold anything - plastic eggs, bread, wrapped silverware for a buffet
setting:
We starting growing wheat grass last week and now we have this:
lined the wheelbarrow bo! with plastic wrap and plopped in one whole tray of grass.
Then cut up the other s"uare tray into long strips and shoved the grass down the sides:
was inspired by #ottery Barn$s wheelbarrow serve bowl:
%&urrently sold out so you$ll want to make your own'(
)y version is a teeny bit different:
*nd did find this laundry line wheel at the local hardware store *+T,- had my wheel all
cut and ready to go but it would make a great industrial looking option:
.ere$s how to make the mini wheelbarrow:
/. &ut list:
0 - /!1 2 /34 cut ends /5 degrees not parallel %bo! long sides(
0 - /!1 2 /64 cut ends /5 degrees not parallel %bo! short ends(
/714 plywood 2 8 3714 ! 9 /704:%bo! base(
54 circle cut from 3714 plywood %wheel(
0 - /!/ 2 0;4 %handles7supports(
0 - 0!0 214: cut one end /6 degrees %legs(
34 he! screw, washers and nut
: measure actual space prior to making cut
0. Build the bo!.
<sing 04 finish nails and glue start with one long side and two short ends:
*dd the remaining long side:
Then glue the /714plywood base in place, pushing down in from the top:
3. &ut wheel.
Trace around a plastic deli container top to get a perfect circle.
1. =rill hole in center of wheel using drill bit to fit 34 he! screw:
=rill holes at end of /!/ handles, try to angle hole slightly so handles can angle outwards:
5. #ut wheel and handles together:
;. *ttach handles to underside of bo! at one short end.
#redrill, glue and screw with 04 wood screws:
%>ou could also add screws at other short end of bo! but it$s not necessary.(
?. &ut legs:
%@egs are pictured upside down.(
9. @ine up legs Aust inside handles on underside of bo!:
Blue and screw down from bo! into leg:
-eady for paint:
8. #aint bo! BenAamin )oore lucky shamrock:
=istress, stain )inwa! ,arly *merican and seal clear satin poly:

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