DIY a Billy-cart for your son AND DAUGHTER!
This will take you back a few years. Before you get cracking on this little gem be sure you know where you can actually use it. Gone are the days where you’d send the kids off down the local street. If it’s mostly on grass, invest in some decent sized wheels.
You’ll need 2 fixed axles with wheels attached. Old prams are the go. A couple of decent planks (18mm pine) to sit on and cross bars (88mm X 37mm). Rope (for steering), screws for fixing the rope, box for seat – think about making that comfy and safe with foam.
Tools, as my father in-law says “you’ve gotta have it all” (drill, saw, hammer, nails, screws, spanner and bolts).
You’ll whip this little beauty up over an easy weekend and you should do it all for around $40.
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Get a load of the Bangalow Billycart festival – finally a place where kids are not wrapped up in cotton wool – presumably this is what Dadsclub is all about
http://www.bangalowbillycart.com.au/
There seems to be a hunger for a return to the days before helicopter parenting, in which parents hover over their precious children, protecting them from superficial injuries and slights while destroying something much more precious, their sense of confidence and independence.
This push back has been coming for some time. It is also evident in the phenomenal popularity of the book The Dangerous Book for Boys (and later The Daring Book for Girls) which became a best seller in 2006 with its advice about how to make the perfect water bomb, read codes and build a tree house.
The Bangalow Billycart Derby is a reminder that this kind of childhood is still possible. It would be great if there were more of it and our society moved away from the extremes of helicopter parenting and towards something we might call billycart parenting.
READ MORE
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/thrills-spills-and-billycarts–with-not-a-helicopter-parent-in-sight-20100521-w1pa.html
Good to see Billy Carts being encouraged. Covenant Christian School in Belrose Sydney has an Annual Billy Cart race for Year 5 students. It is great fun and naturally draws a lot more Dads to the school for the day. Check out the photos and video on the school blogsite
http://www.covenant.nsw.edu.au/_webapp_275890/Billy_Cart_Race_2009