Christmas Presents - Animal cut outs.

So you've seen my jigsaw, an awesome tool that I love doing projects with. I've got a small collection of recycled and new plywood now that I can easily use to cut out any shape; there are so many shapes that I need to get around to trying out.

For Christmas 2015 I thought I'd stick to the tried and true native birds and animals that I am used to cutting out; these were to be presents for both mine and my partner Shellie's mums. These would go on to decorate our parents garden spaces. Christmas is a time when everyone is stretched for cash, these homemade ply animals show that there is always an alternative to the tacky crap that fills stockings and brings debt.

After drawing, cutting and sanding the animals you get the a finished shaped animal that is safe to touch with no sharp edges.

A couple of kiwis ready for Christmas

A Smooth edged kiwi ready for a new home

Part of the beauty of a project like this is that they can do what they want with them; my mum thought of emphasizing the shape of the kiwi, owl, and tuatara by simply outlining it in black before tacking them to the otherwise boring fence at the back of the property.

Ply Animals on the fence

The ply animals add some shape to the veggie garden

When it came time for Christmas gift giving both of our mothers were pleasantly surprised that we had provided them with something decorative that hadn't cost much money but had required a few hours of work put into them to create.

I'm always looking for a reason to use my Jigsaw so if you have any requests for me to cut out any sort of shape don't hesitate to ask.