Making a Wooden Elephant Baby Rattle Toy

My friends recently had their first baby so I made them this little wooden elephant baby rattle toy from a few scraps of wood I had lying around, some American Ash and Black walnut and some reclaimed NZ Rimu. i think it turned out really cute!
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[@Foundinwood]

Cute product. Thanks for sharing

[@DavidParker]

Thank you!

[@janeparker5577]

Such a cute toy! Well done!

[@summerfox9292]

Beautiful toy, great video

[@sadieamber.h]

Amazing!!!

[@giuseppesantandrea1751]

Che carino!

[@ukaszmakowski3852]

Where you found this picture? ( elephant )

[@adriancheki175]

Where did you get that cylinder piece of wood to put through the elephant to hold the circles together

[@DavidParker]

It’s just a dowel you can buy in any hardware store

[@ganeshtamilan]

Is it varnish you are using for finishing.

[@DavidParker]

No it’s mineral oil, in this case I used Johnson’s baby oil as that is mineral oil!

[@ganeshtamilan]

@@DavidParker thanks.

[@steveohare7979]

Dave do you hav a template i can print off please

[@aaronlord1927]

Jesus Christ...how did you do the trunk with a bandsaw?! 😂😂😂 SKILLS

[@DavidParker]

Hahahah lots of little cuts... I probably should’ve used a scroll saw

[@Juustnicolexo]

Hi, what oil did you use to seal the rattle ? 😄

[@DavidParker]

Food grade mineral oil, in this case I used baby oil which is mineral oil because I had it on hand

[@lptone9]

Was that Silk baby oil you used at the end?

[@DavidParker]

Anthony Hernandez haha yeah I didn’t have any mineral oil and baby oil is just mineral oil usually

[@lptone9]

David Parker - I didn’t know that! Thank you!

[@DavidParker]

Anthony Hernandez yeah just check the ingredients I think Johnson’s unscented is just plain mineral oil, this was some scented stuff but I figured if it’s safe for babies it’s probably safe for... well babies. Mineral oil isn’t so ubiquitous in New Zealand so I was ordering mine online before I discovered this!

[@user-qv2gv5hu9p]

Can I get this template?

[@DavidParker]

吴然嗣 I just googled elephant silhouette

[@DavidParker]

吴然嗣 you could do it with any animal or shape you want

[@dunghoang8426]

How thick of wood???

[@DavidParker]

I can’t remember! Maybe 20mm? However thick you want it to be, it just needs to be thicker than the dowel and strong enough to withstand some knocking around from a baby!

[@pedromartinsdesouza8112]

MUCHO trabajo PARA nada; los thicos no gustam DE Brinquedos que no trazem habilida ?