Whilst Xan (our 13 year old) was making focaccia, Bob (12) built an electric guitar, that involved reshaping and sanding down neck and body of the guitar, painting, soldering and wiring. Well, it actually took him three weekends to built the guitar. This project taught Bob resilience (not that he was not resilient already!) and the completion of the project definitely increased his ”subjective valuation” of the guitar, which is beyond the IKEA Effect . Assembling Ikea furniture is easier than assembling an electric guitar kit. Bob is a self-taught guitar player, and the new guitar project made him keen to learn more about guitar playing. Husband ordered online the bits for the Beaton DIY-TL-12 Electric guitar DIY "Tele"project (£59,95), but he spend more on upgrade bits. Should anyone want to build your own electric guitar, then here is one option . Thorman (in Germany) has electric guitar kits, too. Regarding the upgrade bits. Robert replaced the original bits with Wil
What started as a blog post on ”How to make a moving robot”, is now a platform, where I post my family's DIY projects and our children's arts and crafts. My aim to give tips to parents on how they can help their children to become creative and inquisitive with a ”can do” mindsets.