Thinking about spending some time whittling? Try a few of these designs to get you going. Remember to wear protection while using your knives.
Mushrooms can require a bit of material removal but the general shape is easy to work without much of a tutorial.
Fantasy Mushrooms
This is the most basic form of a gnome to carve at a beginner level. With very few details this will help you develop your skills and allow you to slowly become more creative with your designs.
Simple Gnome
A couple simple animals. These are a lot of fun to make. They always come out so cute and your friends, if they're like mine, will try and keep them when they see them.
Simple Animals
Butter knives and any other knife are fairly simple projects. Just remember if you plan to use it with food you'll want to use a food safe finish and wood.
Butter Knives
Trees make great desk or shelf decoration and they are very satisfying to carve.
Simple Trees
If you're getting closer to the spooky season these are fun little guys to pepper your house with.
Ghosts
Very simple and great for practicing large cuts if you're brand new to whittling.
Fox Totems
This one will be a lot easier if you have a saw and/or drill to get the teeth started. But in general it is a fairly simple project and a functional one!
Wooden Comb
Very simple project for beginners! You only need to make flat cuts for balancing. Otherwise make them any shape and size you like.
