The other day my 3 year old asked me to take her out in the garage so she could build something. Not wanting her to pick up my bad habits I told her we need to think about what we want to build before we start working.
Thinking very hard she said, "Hmmm, Lets build a toolbox like Handy Manny!" So I had her draw a picture of the toolbox she wanted to build. I had to stretch the truth a little and tell her that "Daddy always draws a picture of what he is building before he starts". Got her off to bed by telling her I would buy the wood tomorrow and we could build it when I got home from work. After she went to bed I went out and cut everything for two mini totes like everyone had to make in HS (She often forgets about her little sister).
The next day when I got home she was already waiting with her nail pouch on, so out to the garage we went. The future foreman said to me, "OK, we need screws and wood and a handle and a screwdriver". Had her put on the glue (she may be the only woodworker that uses more glue than Norm) and put the pieces together. I clamped it up and helped her screw them together. Not surprisingly she didn't have much interest in sanding when everything was screwed together.
She proudly picked up her new toolbox and paraded around the shop looking for things to put in it. So she could go show Mom what she made. Her sister's box stayed empty because "My sister is too little to have tools"
A very good day in the shop.