Pediatric Cancer Fall Fundraiser Puzzles - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Scrolling Days · 09-14-2009, 04:58 AM

The Cause

I frequently do fundraising events to benefit "Kids Create Hope," a foundation dedicated to raising money to aid pediatric cancer research. The reason I am so involved is because the Foundation was started in memory of my twin brother Shane, who passed away from cancer three years to this date. He was a pediatrician who spent his short career helping sick kids.

Anyhow, the goal of Kids Create Hope is to encourage kids to find ways to raise money to help other kids with cancer. Part of our fundraising involves craft sales where most things sold are made, at least in part, by kids.

In two weeks, we will be at the Lewiston Harvest Festival. I was looking for a way to help and settled on coming up with these puzzles.

The Puzzles:

Making these was easy. I simply designed and drew the outlined shapes and then let the kids color them in with bright crayons, as they saw fit. As you can see below, my son even added his own birds and a squirrel to a tree. I brought the pictures to Office Max and had laser prints made. Came home, glued them to 1/4" Poplar ply, and made some sawdust!

I tried to keep the puzzle pieces large and bulky, as younger kids will be using them (I will still advise kids older than 3 years). The puzzles contain between 22 and 38 pieces each.

Here are a few of the puzzles which will be for sale at the Festival:

Scrolling Days · 09-14-2009, 04:59 AM

Every puzzle contains one large Figural Piece. I tried to keep these simple and bulky, and not too intricate, so as to make them sturdier for young kids. This also helped to keep the puzzles easy enough to make and hence worthwhile to sell at a reasonable price.

Here is a picture of the puzzles with the Figurals out. I tried to keep things fall themed and designed a pumpkin, an ear of corn, an acorn and a maple leaf.

wood-n-things · 09-14-2009, 05:03 AM

How adorable, and a commendable, worthwhile project. Makes ya feel good to give back huh?

What are you doing still up on the computer at this hour? You have to get to work in the morning...LOL

Scrolling Days · 09-14-2009, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wood-n-things

What are you doing still up on the computer at this hour? You have to get to work in the morning...LOL

I'm a night owl. As long as I get my 6 hours, I'm good.

Sally · 09-14-2009, 05:40 AM

What a nice idea.

Scrolling Days · 09-14-2009, 06:20 AM

Thanks, Sally.

oldvaxguy2 · 09-14-2009, 08:06 AM

WOW Great Great Effort.
That's great how yo do that.

JohnB · 09-14-2009, 10:05 AM

G'day Shawn,
Great idea mate and for worthwhile cause.
Should get the kids to sign them. They'll be more famous then their Dad

KtownScroller · 09-14-2009, 12:02 PM

What a noble cause! Way to go Shawn!!!

I bowled with a pediatric cancer physician the past few years. He claims that there is a 90% cure rate. So your project is well worth the effort.

Sally · 09-14-2009, 02:39 PM

Well - overnight I've been thinking about your idea. So when you display them at the sale - how do you do display them? Shrink wrap them? in a box?

09-14-2009, 04:58 AM	#1
Scrolling Days Jigsaw Puzzle Maker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Along the Lower Niagara River Posts: 1,214 Blog Entries: 5	Pediatric Cancer Fall Fundraiser Puzzles The Cause I frequently do fundraising events to benefit "Kids Create Hope," a foundation dedicated to raising money to aid pediatric cancer research. The reason I am so involved is because the Foundation was started in memory of my twin brother Shane, who passed away from cancer three years to this date. He was a pediatrician who spent his short career helping sick kids. Anyhow, the goal of Kids Create Hope is to encourage kids to find ways to raise money to help other kids with cancer. Part of our fundraising involves craft sales where most things sold are made, at least in part, by kids. In two weeks, we will be at the Lewiston Harvest Festival. I was looking for a way to help and settled on coming up with these puzzles. The Puzzles: Making these was easy. I simply designed and drew the outlined shapes and then let the kids color them in with bright crayons, as they saw fit. As you can see below, my son even added his own birds and a squirrel to a tree. I brought the pictures to Office Max and had laser prints made. Came home, glued them to 1/4" Poplar ply, and made some sawdust! I tried to keep the puzzle pieces large and bulky, as younger kids will be using them (I will still advise kids older than 3 years). The puzzles contain between 22 and 38 pieces each. Here are a few of the puzzles which will be for sale at the Festival: __________________ Shawn Ferguson Come visit at The Ferguson Puzzle Company ! Last edited by Scrolling Days; 09-14-2009 at 05:24 PM.

09-14-2009, 04:59 AM	#2
Scrolling Days Jigsaw Puzzle Maker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Along the Lower Niagara River Posts: 1,214 Blog Entries: 5	Every puzzle contains one large Figural Piece. I tried to keep these simple and bulky, and not too intricate, so as to make them sturdier for young kids. This also helped to keep the puzzles easy enough to make and hence worthwhile to sell at a reasonable price. Here is a picture of the puzzles with the Figurals out. I tried to keep things fall themed and designed a pumpkin, an ear of corn, an acorn and a maple leaf. __________________ Shawn Ferguson Come visit at The Ferguson Puzzle Company !

09-14-2009, 05:03 AM	#3
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	How adorable, and a commendable, worthwhile project. Makes ya feel good to give back huh? What are you doing still up on the computer at this hour? You have to get to work in the morning...LOL __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

09-14-2009, 06:20 AM	#6
Scrolling Days Jigsaw Puzzle Maker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Along the Lower Niagara River Posts: 1,214 Blog Entries: 5	Thanks, Sally. __________________ Shawn Ferguson Come visit at The Ferguson Puzzle Company !

09-14-2009, 10:05 AM	#8
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,859	G'day Shawn, Great idea mate and for worthwhile cause. Should get the kids to sign them. They'll be more famous then their Dad __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" I got holes in both of my shoes Well I'm a walking case of the blues Saw a dollar yesterday But the wind blew it away Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

09-14-2009, 05:40 AM	#5
Sally Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Renton WA Posts: 1,024	What a nice idea.

09-14-2009, 08:06 AM	#7
oldvaxguy2 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 85	WOW Great Great Effort. That's great how yo do that.

09-14-2009, 12:02 PM	#9
KtownScroller So much better :) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: PA Posts: 2,662	What a noble cause! Way to go Shawn!!! I bowled with a pediatric cancer physician the past few years. He claims that there is a 90% cure rate. So your project is well worth the effort. __________________ - Rick

09-14-2009, 02:39 PM	#10
Sally Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Renton WA Posts: 1,024	Well - overnight I've been thinking about your idea. So when you display them at the sale - how do you do display them? Shrink wrap them? in a box?

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