The UK summer holidays are the perfect time to get stuck into creative projects with your children. Whether it’s sunny in the garden or a drizzly afternoon indoors, DIY is a brilliant way to bond, build, and make memories together.
Here are 10 engaging, low-cost projects for parents and children to enjoy this summer. You can use your Worx PowerShare tools to make things smoother and more satisfying for the grown-ups.
1. Build a Bug Hotel
There’s something magical about giving wildlife a home. Together with your children, gather natural materials like twigs, bark, pinecones, and hollow stems. Use spare wood or pallets to create a little “apartment block” for bugs.
🔧 Parents: A jigsaw or drill driver, like those in Worx’s cordless starter kits, makes shaping and securing wooden sections much quicker and safer than wrestling with nails and hammers.
🪲 Tip: Place your bug hotel in a quiet, shaded corner of the garden and let the observing begin!
2. Make a Bird Feeder from Recycled Materials
Recycling turns creative when it feeds birds. Try using a clean yoghurt pot, add string to hang it up, and fill the pot up with a mix of seeds and peanut butter. Or get more ambitious and build a wooden feeder together.
🔧 Need to cut timber or attach hooks? A compact circular saw or screwdriver will give you cleaner results with less effort.
🕊️ Tip: Add a small waterproof roof using an offcut of plastic or wood.
3. Painted Rock Adventure Trail
Gather smooth stones on a coastal walk or riverbank, then paint them at home. Kids can draw animals, flowers, emojis, or even tiny treasure maps. Once dry, hide them in your garden or head to your nearest park for others to find.
🎨 No tools needed, just your imagination and a bit of acrylic paint. You could varnish them to make the colours pop and last longer.
4. Build a Garden Obstacle Course
Challenge your kids to a garden Olympics. Use hula hoops, planks, skipping ropes, and cushions. If you’re handy, build simple balance beams, stepping stones, or a crawling tunnel from scrap wood and pipes.
🔧 A plunge saw and impact driver from Worx can help cut and fix timber safely, keeping the build fun, not frustrating.
💡 Let kids decorate the course with flags, chalk signs, or bunting!
5. Design a Fairy (or Dinosaur) Garden
Turn a plant pot or wooden crate into a magical mini-world. Use moss, pebbles, lollipop sticks, and miniature props. Fairies, dinosaurs, or Lego knights—anything goes.
🔧 Want to craft a tiny door or bridge from real wood? Use a jigsaw to cut small pieces precisely.
🧚 Tip: Add solar-powered fairy lights to make it glow at night.
6. Create a Lemonade Stand
A lemonade stand is a classic summer project. Design a menu, create signs, and build a simple wooden counter or shelf together.
🔧 Use a drill or compact saw to shape panels and build a strong frame. Worx tools make this safe and manageable, even for first-timers.
🍋 Bonus: Kids learn about money, customer service, and teamwork.
7. Rainy Day Craft Box
Fill a box with odds and ends—cardboard, felt, string, toilet rolls, glue, tape, and googly eyes. Let the kids go wild building masks, spaceships, or puppets. You just provide the box and the encouragement.
🖍️ No tools needed, just enthusiasm (and maybe a dustpan afterwards—or the compact Worx Cube Vacuum).
8. Tie-Dye and Upcycle Old T-Shirts
Get messy in the garden with a tie-dye session. Use kits or make natural dyes with turmeric or beetroot. Kids will love the reveal. Add buttons or stencilled prints to take it further.
🧵 A hot glue gun or staple tool from Worx’s craft-friendly range can help attach patches or embellishments.
9. Nature Scrapbook Adventure
Go on a nature walk and collect feathers, leaves, petals, or pressed flowers. Back home, stick them into a scrapbook and write or draw what you found. It’s a great way to slow down and appreciate the outdoors.
📓 Older kids can help sand a piece of wood to make their own rustic journal cover.
🍃 Tip: Press flowers between heavy books with baking paper to preserve them.
10. Build a Cardboard City
Rainy day? Gather boxes, toilet rolls, and tape, and build a cardboard city. Create roads, houses, shops, and traffic lights. Use tissue paper for trees and grass. Kids can colour it in and play with toys inside.
🔧 For sturdy structures, adults can cut neat windows or doorways using an oscillating multi-tool. It’s safer and easier than scissors.
Why Choose Worx PowerShare Tools?
• The PowerShare platform means the same batteries work across all Worx 20 V tools. You can switch between a jigsaw, drill, saw, and more without waiting on recharges or needing separate batteries.
• The Worx starter kit (WKIT1) includes a hammer drill, impact driver, compact circular saw, jigsaw, two batteries, and a carry bag. Perfect for weekend projects or family DIY.
• Designed for ease and safety, Worx tools are accessible for beginner DIYers and allow supervised kids to take part confidently.
Tips for Safe Family DIY Fun
1. Always wear protective gear: goggles, gloves, and hearing protection when using tools.
2. Share tasks: kids can help mark lines, hold materials, or do the painting, while adults handle the power tools.
3. Plan short sessions: alternate between hands-on building and creative decorating to keep energy and interest up.
4. Keep batteries charged and extras handy: PowerShare batteries work across all tools, so having a backup keeps things moving.
Final Thoughts: Creativity Over Perfection
Kids won’t remember if the bird feeder was symmetrical. They’ll remember laughing while painting rocks, or watching a ladybird crawl into the hotel they made. The real value in these projects is the time spent together—not the results.
If tools help make that time more fun, smooth, or satisfying, all the better. Worx PowerShare tools are light, easy to handle, and designed to support creativity without the stress.
