Saratoga Joinery

Parents and children are invited to come get crafty with us and make your very own pumpkin lantern. Using safe tools and guided instruction, you and your little one will carve out unforgettable memories transforming simple wood into charming Halloween decor!

Registration covers one parent and one child to make one lantern.

Tools Used: Miter Saw, Table Saw (Parents Only) and Scroll Saw, Hand Sanders (Kiddos Included)

Experience Level: Beginner

Ages: 8 and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Teacher: Dave Floyd

Dave’s first taste of woodworking came when he helped his parents replace a master bathroom in his childhood home as a teenager. When he and his wife purchased their current home, a 1785 Center Hall Colonial on the Great Sacandaga Lake, he found himself developing his woodworking skills through projects like cabinets, countertops, molding and shelving. Now, as a retired 1st grade teacher, Dave is interested in focusing on more detailed woodworking skills. The woodworking project in Dave’s photo is a black walnut cutting board/lazy Susan with a heart-shaped stone from the Great Sacandaga Lake in the center, on a bed of red epoxy and covered in clear epoxy.

“Saratoga Joinery will be a fantastic hub for collaboration, sharing, and learning…and sanding, lots of sanding…woodworking is 20% fun, 80% sanding.”

-Dave Floyd