How to Make a Little Girl's Wooden Chair

Cut your wood to the above measurements if you’re not using pre-cut wood. Sand all rough edges to remove splinters and burrs that may harm the child. Lay the plywood sheet flat; measure a rectangle that is 2 by 2 inches long that is flush to the edge of one side of the plywood. Trace the square with a pencil and cut this shape out. Repeat near the corner of the plywood, on the same side, to make the seat.

Place one of the 8-inch posts near one of the seat’s corners opposite where you just cut. Hold the post vertically against the seat and trace around the base of the post. Repeat for the opposite corner on the same side to determine the placement of the chair’s two front legs.

Hold one of the posts flush to the tracing and screw it into place, doing so from the opposite side of the chair seat and straight into the top of the leg. Repeat to attach the second front leg. Screw two L brackets into place on each of the two sides of the leg that face inward toward the seat to add stability. Repeat for the remaining leg.

Push each 16-inch length piece firmly into the slots you cut on the seat to add the back legs. Screw the brackets into place on the underside as you did the front legs. Add a bead of industrial-strength adhesive in the joint between the seat and back legs to add stability.

Screw one of the five slats to the front outside perimeter of the legs to add even more strength. Repeat for all four sides of the seat. Screw the last slat into place on the upper side of the back legs to make a back rest for the chair. Sand any areas missed when you sanded the seat before applying any paint, clear coat or stain.