Hi all….Todd here.  In my last post I talked about why my wife and I decided to have me build a new cradle for our expectant baby girl.  Being the woodworking hobbyist I am, I went on a search for the best cradle plans I could find.  We are talking a comfy cradle for my baby girl.  Not just any old piece of furniture.  High quality and safety were the top considerations.

My first 2 attempts at a cradle did not turn out so well. I will explain why in a later post.  There were so dang many free cradle plans on the Internet.  Thinking all things were equal, I just picked a handful to go by.  The end results were a wobbly and rickety cradle.  No way could my baby girl sleep in that.

I went back to the local Ace Hardware store to get more wood for the next attempt.(I like to support the local small business rather than the big box Home Depots or Lowes)  I was telling the guy who was helping me about my dilemma looking for a good set of cradle plans. As luck would have it, he told me about a library online where he got some high quality chest plans to build a toy chest for his 5 year old.

He said the wooden cradle plans he got were high quality.  And he had a blast building the toy chest because the woodworking plan was detailed enough that it made the process fun. He told me the site had woodworking project plans for lots of things and thought it would have some to build a cradle.

He wrote the website down on a sticky note for me, I got my wood and home I went, excited to look at the site.

I was amazed at all of the woodworking plans the site had.  I found and downloaded the best looking cradle plans from the website.  They had all the details I needed and got excited to try again!

Stay tuned for some upcoming cradle building tips soon!

Click Here To See The Cradle Plans And The Cool Woodworking Plan Library The Hardware Guy Sent To Me!