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Are Home Depot Kid workshops free?

Home Depot offers their workshop kits for kids, including all materials needed to complete the project, totally free. Home Depot continues the kid workshops in 2022 on the first Saturday of each month. In-person workshops and take-home projects are both available!

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Looking for the next FREE Home Depot Kids Workshop Kit? I have always looked forward to the first Saturday of the month for the past several years as it has been my mommy-daughter date at the Home Depot kids workshop. I grab my coffee and my two young kids get their hammers and paintbrushes and we build whatever the kids’ workshop has deemed the project of the month. And it’s all free! Home Depot offers workshop kits for kids, including all materials needed to complete the project, totally free. These projects are an amazing way to spend some quality time with the kids, without spending a dime. Home Depot continues the kid workshops in 2022 on the first Saturday of each month. In-person workshops and take-home projects are both available!

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Kids Workshop November Project at Home Depot

2022 Full Home Depot Kids Workshop Schedule

How Do the Free Kids Workshops at Home Depot Work?

December 2022 FREE Workshop: Santa Mailbox on December 3rd

The last Home Depot Kids Workshop Kit of 2022 is a Santa letter mailbox. How cool is that? Have some festive fun for free at Home Depot, and make sure Santa gets that letter!

2022 Home Depot Kids Workshop Kit Schedule

Free Home Depot Kids kits are available the first Saturday of the month for pickup or completion in-store.

January 1: Toss Game

March 5: Airship

April 2: Window Bird Feeder

May 7: Mother’s Day Fence Picket Planter

June 4: Fish Tank

July 2: Constellation Viewer

August 6: Summer Camper

September 3: Pencil Desk Organizer

October 1: Fire Rescue Boat

November 5: Scarecrow Napkin Holder

November 26: Train Ornament

December 3: Santa Letters Mailbox

2023 Home Depot Kids Workshop Kit Schedule

January 7 (2023): Snowball Game

More 2023 events coming soon!

Review of the First Saturday Home Depot Kids Workshop

The Home Depot has workshops of all kinds for their customers and they have these awesome kids workshops on the first Saturday of every month from 9 a.m.-Noon. They provide all the materials you need to make whatever the craft is of the day is and you just show up with your kid. With the take-home kits, you’ll have to do some of that yourself.

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You, and your child, don’t need any kind of handyman experience. I’ve certainly made mistakes helping my daughters build all sorts of stuff but it’s a great learning time for all of us and it also helps with hand-eye coordination for the kiddos.

Building and Painting

The crafts always consist of something that you have to hammer together and then paint. My daughters both are great with handling a hammer and have only hit my fingers a few times. They also absolutely love the painting part too. We have made all kinds of stuff together – a birdhouse, a car, a plane, a mailbox, a little sled, a planter (these are all kid-size, not big people, normal-sized things). Thankfully there are instructions on how to put it together. I also cheat and see what the other parents do.

How Kids Workshops at Home Depot Work

Check out your local Home Depot by going to the kids workshop link to make sure they have the kids workshop available. Most of the stores in the area have them. All you do is show up between 9 am and Noon (look around for the area where they have the workshop or ask an associate) and the nice people at Home Depot will give you a packet that contains the craft, along with a kids apron and a commemorative pin. My daughter has a bunch of pins on her Home Depot apron At the stores, Home Depot has benches and tables set up where you can sit down and get to work. They provide the little paintbrushes, the hammers, and the paint. I try to have my kids wear clothes I wouldn’t mind getting paint on because it can get a little messy. I have to stop myself from helping them too much because it’s so fun. I’ve seen parents really get into it and do all the painting while their child watches. It’s a kid’s thing so let the kids do it! And they are learning how to woodwork in the process, which helps build their confidence.

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The kids’ workshops are on the first Saturday of the month. I started taking my oldest daughter when she was 3-years-old, which worked out great and my youngest when she was around two-and-a-half. It really depends on the child and how many kids you can control at once. I have found it’s an awesome parent-kid date idea, especially for parents whose time is more limited during the workweek.

Don’t want to wait? Purchase Wood Kits for Kids

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You can purchase woodcraft kits for children instead of waiting for the free Home Depot kits each month. Help children develop woodworking skills, practice following written directions, get a little creative and just enjoy some quality time with you!

Bird Bungalow

Mechanical Model Cars

Candy Dispenser

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