looking for simple ideas for a beginer

[bmwrider]

I very new at this and would like some ideas for quick and easy things to carve for myself and my coworkers, I have a lot of people at work fired up to get started after seeing my first few projects, I need real short simple things for us to start out with.

[Claude]

Go to the tutorials section of the forums: Wood Carving Tutorials - Woodcarving Illustrated Message Board and look through what's there.

Claude

[Keoma]

Hair sticks are always a real simple and fun thing to make. Especially if you have any long haired ladies in your office Way cool of you to think of carving for your co workers!

[Robert Cahill]

Sounds like you have the office interested in starting to carve also. There is a book first carvings I think it is called has a neat easy nativity, a scotty dog and a boot all designed for beginners. They have a copy at our local library. If yours don't have it they may be able to get it.
I always try and get a copy of any book I'm interested in through interlibrary loan. Then if I like it I try and order it.

[bmwrider]

Thanks for the help so far, please keep them comming

[jmischel]

Several carvers here have YouTube videos, some of which have quick and simple projects. I found Gene Messer's Five Minute Bear and Five Minute Wizard to be particularly helpful when I was starting out (and even now). Don't worry, there's no timer: you don't have to do it in five minutes. I certainly can't.

Also check out Arlene's YouTube videos.

There are other members with carving videos. Those are just the two I'm familiar with.

[Donsexton]

You know woodland animals can be easy and who doesn't like hand carved bunnies, owls and walking bears or standing bears all easy profiles. I remeber my first carving was a simple barn owl in walnut.