Four Dollar Stackable Children’s Chairs

ABSOLUTELY!!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I am so making these for my niece......they are amazing.

I love these, and you cant beat the price !!! Thankyou for taking the time to create and post these plans it gives us not so handy moms the confidance to make something for our children and homes

LOVE this! I was going to go today to get a newspaper to get a 40% off coupon to go to michaels and buy a chair to go with the table I built for my toddler last week. Now I can build a chair at a fraction of the cost!

Sweet I have been looking for some easy childrens chairs to create for photography props this is awsome...

Thanks so much! I bought a huge 3 seater lego table for my son at a garage sale and have not been wanting to spend $15 a chair for it. I know ikea had plastic chairs for $8, but it's two hours from my house and I didn't like the colors (and I'm not a fan of plastic furniture). So glad that he can finally have chairs for his table at an affordable price! Thanks!

great plans. I was just thinking about a homemade lego table for my son for Christmas and these chairs would be great! Any plans for a table to go with them?

Love these! I have several friends with little ones, I am thinking Christmas presents!
THANKS ANA!!!!

I am going to build a couple!!!http://cleverlyinspired.blogspot.com/2010/10/sweater-repurposed.html

Could these be stools, if you didn't extend the backs?

By the way, I LOVE them!!!

These are awesome. I love that they stack.

I LOVE these!!! I'm adding them to my ever-growing list of Ana White design projects! My 2-year old is definitely getting these for Christmas. Thank you! :)

I'm not sure that only using screws to hold the back to the seat is good enough. Eventually the seat will give and someone will get hurt.Pretty looking though.

Thank you Ana! :)

Dang, I've still got to get my modern bookshelf sanded & painted, and the modern desk built & painted (pieces are all cut out) before I make these for my kids...I better get a move-on!!!

I think these will be my first build. I have a bunch of other plans that I would like to try, but I think these would be a good jumping off point. Plus I can knock out some Christmas presents while I'm at it! Yay!

love these, can't wait to sell our house so that we have room for me to build these.

So cute! Is there a plan for a doll chair like that? Also, I thought I saw a plan for a doll bed for the American Girl dolls. Can you tell me where that is?

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Love this! Is it possible for you to show where you recommend the screws go on these plans? Thanks!

Is it safe for me to modify these plans for cheap and easy adult chairs?

Stacy, I wouldn't . . . maybe try a 2x2 leg instead of the 1x2s - just too flimsy for an adult chair.

Ana, I'm going to try to build these for my son's birthday. One question... do you predrill with the countersink bits for every step or just when your instructions say predrill? This will be my first hand at countersinking and my first real project of yours (I did the pallet shelf but that seemed to easy to count;). I want to get it right.

Anytime you are going to use a screw you want to countersink the hole first. This allows the screws to go below surface and not stick out above the surface.

I am DYING to try to make these!!!

I started this tonight. Cutting went fast. This was the first time using the kreg. I am very disappointed, it was hard to keep clamped and the drill bit kept comming out of the drill. Hoping to make several for Christmas gifts but this is starting to look more like firewood. : ( Anyone else have problems with the kreg? I am using the small one.

This is the project that inspired me. I am using this as my basis for an article on my eco blog. www.greenertoday.blog.ca . You are doing more than you know for women. On top of inspiring them to take on projects themselves, you are also giving them an affordable, healthier alternative to cheap plastic sets that off gas in our homes and are bad for our children and families. Finishing items yourself allows you to select low VOC paint. You are a green inspiration too, and you may not even realize. Saving money, saving the planet. I like what you are doing here Ana.

You rock. Thanks so much for all you do.

I'm making these for my daughters for Christmas (these and the table).

I LOVE it!!!

I just built this chair, and it was not quite as easy as the table! getting things clamped to be square while getting the back legs on wasnt quite as simple as i had hoped ;) but they are sturdy, and they will look pretty nice once i fill all the holes and paint! I was able to get all the pieces while my daughter napped :)- that's how quickly it went.

I was wondering what sort of age-range these would be for. I have a 2½ year old and a 7½ year old. I've been looking for the perfect wooden table and chair set for them for what seems like forever now. These looks super cute and easy, but would they be suitable of an older child as well as a toddler?

Nicky, my seven year old niece sits at them (and I do too) but I would say seven is at the upper age limit. Perfect for a toddler though. My 1 1/2 year old niece carries hers around :)

nvm - i found Clara's table! totally going to beg my dad to make these for his grandbaby ;)

One of my daughter's broke her $17 chair similar to this over a year ago. She has been asking for a new one ever since, but we just never found one cheap enough that was the size we needed. I found your plans last night and bought the wood today. Exactly $4 at Home Depot if you don't count the jigsaw I threw in, lol. I was tired of using the circular saw and being intimidated by it.

So, wondering how big these need to be to fit under the LoN Kid's elementary table plans? Thanks so much for any help!

Just built this chair, my first building project ever! I'm 21 weeks pregnant and have a 3 year old boy. I've been reading your site for a while now and my son peered over my shoulder, then asked me sweetly to make this chair in blue for him. All I have left is to sand and paint the chair, but it already looks wonderful.

Thanks so much for sharing your story and inspiring others to build! I have a few tears in my eyes (although, the pregnancy hormones may have a little to do with that) and am so proud that I made a chair for my son. My grandpa loved woodworking and he would be so proud of me if he were alive today. After this one's painted, I'll be working on a pink one for the little baby girl that will make her appearance around August.

I think for anyone going to build these chairs or anything out of 1x2 and 1x3 material they should buy the higher grade lumber than the cheap stuff. You can see from the photos that the wood is likely to warp or be warped by the time you get them together. Using kiln dried lumber will mitigate this to a significant degree and the chairs will still be both affordable and hand made by you.

BTW, the Kreg jig is great. I can't wait to use it on more of my projects around the home

I am making a set of four of these doll sized for some 18" AG dolls.

The over all dimensions are going to be 14 3/4" H (back), 8" H (seat) X 8 1/2" W X 7" D.

The main change for this is using 1 x 4 for the slats on the top of the seat (with no gap). The back slats and apron will still be out of the 1 x 3. The number of "Seat Slats and Back Slats" drops from 8 to 3. The 1 x 4 is new to the cut list for the seat.

Cut List:
3 - 1×3 @ 7" (Front and Side Aprons)
2 - 1×3 @ 7 3/4" (Side Supports)
2 - 1×2 @ 7 1/4" (Front Legs)
3 - 1×3 @ 8 1/2" (Back Slats and Back Apron)
2 - 1×4 @ 8 1/2" (Seat Slats) - NEW
2 - 1×2 @ 14" (Back Legs)

thankyou ana you are the best ever¡¡

I am new here and I love it! I have made a picnic table from this site so far and this will be my next project! I am double teaming these chairs with my grandpa. I will be building and he will be painting. =]

Yay! I just built this (with a few modifications): http://jenwoodhouse.com/blog/2012/07/19/pair-kiddie-chairs/

I was wondering where to do the pocket holes on the aprons in order to avoid hitting the pocket holes on the supports. There is no guide for this and it seems like they would hit one another. I am a beginner so I may be looking at it wrong. Any advice would be great!! Thanks:)

I'm confused about where your placement of screws and pre drilled holes go? And also, when you predrill holes are you always using the kreg jig because we are and some of our screws are splitting the wood. I'm confused about what the seat slats are screwed into. Please help! Only 8 days til Christmas!

How did you manage to hide all the screw heads and holes? As there are none visable in the pictures. Also how can these be stackable if they are all the same size?

These plans are built around 3/4" furring strips.

The ones I found at home depot were closer to 5/8" which will throw off the back apron. And the width of the 1x2 will throw off the side apron

I planned this on paper first and the dimensions of the frame don't match up. I am left with 1/4" for the side and the back apron is also too short.