How to Make Stilts
This How to Make Stilts post provides easy instructions on how to make a pair of wooden stilts. Hours of fun for the grands is guaranteed!
Cost: $10
Equipment
- Saw (hand saw or power saw)
- Drill (to drill pilot holes and to screw in screws)
- Tape measure or ruler or yardstick
- Screwdriver (optional if you have a drill)
Ingredients
- 12 feet 2”x2” lumber- 12 feet for young kids, 16 feet for older kids or adults
- 1 feet 2”x4” lumber- 12 inches
- 6 3” long screws
- Sandpaper
Instructions
- Measure and mark 6-foot lengths on your 2 inch by 2-inch lumber to prepare for cutting.
- Cut 2- 6” pieces from the 12” of 2x4. These will be for the foot holds on the stilts.
- Sand the lumber a bit so no one gets splinters.
- Lay the 2x2 stilt pieces on your work surface. Measure and make marks at 12 inches and 6 inches from one end of each stilt.
- Mark three approximately equal distance crosses at 11”, 9” and 7” between the two previous marks (in the center of the 2x2).
- Using the drill, drill three holes in the 2x2 in the crosses you just marked out for the foot holds to attach.
- Place one foot hold block underneath one 2x2 and use the drill or a screwdriver to screw 3 of the screws through the 2x2 and into the side of the foot hold block.
- Repeat for the other stilt and you are done!
- Learn to walk on the stilts!!