Wood Furniture Patterns Cradles

For the do it yourselfer, getting wood furniture patterns cradles is the cheapest and most rewarding way for them to get a cradle for the new baby. Blueprints that are called patterns are available for a large assortment of items that any competent home hobby wood worker can create in his basement or garage workshop.

Fathers, grandfathers, uncles and older brothers have been building baby cradles since the beginning of time. It is one way the men of the family can feel that they are an integral part of bringing the new baby into the family. Think how much pride these builders will feel each time they look at the wood furniture patterns cradles they lovingly built in their workshop with their own hands.

The child the cradle was built for will want to use the cradle built by daddy or grandpa or uncle Harry for their own children someday. This handmade wood furniture patterns cradles will become a treasured family heirloom that will be passed down from generation to generation.

The country cradle is one of our most popular and trusted woodworking patterns that is available for the hobbyist to build that much needed nursery room baby cradle.

The country cradle base has good feet for stability and the dowels are set apart at federally regulated intervals for safety. The classic pendulum design rocks the baby to sleep with the push of a hand. Woodworkers of all skill levels find this cradle a very "do-able" project with the full size patterns available for purchase. They also usually have a list of the necessary materials, a full set of instructions, blueprint style diagrams, and photos to make the task easier and therefore more enjoyable.

Another popular wood furniture patterns cradles is the hooded style of cradle that was used back in colonial America by busy farm wives so they could keep the little one nearby but not close enough to what they were working on that could be injured. This style of cradle can swing freely on its base so it easy to rock the baby to sleep or you can remove the entire cradle, set it on the floor and let it rock on its own rockers, a feature that makes it a portable bay carrier.