Best Woodworking Gift Ideas?

Looking for a Woodworker Gift Idea this Holiday Season?

Joshua Farnsworth Portrait  By Joshua Farnsworth  |  Published 14 December, 2023

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Joshua Farnsworth Portrait  By Joshua Farnsworth  | Published 14 December, 2023

Are you looking for the best woodworking gift ideas for your traditional woodworker? Well we can help find that perfect woodworker gift this holiday season! In the video above, the lovely Mrs. Claus shares her favorite woodworking gift. And below I share our six best gifts for woodworkers:

Santa And Mrs. Clause Holding Woodworking Hand Tools

1. Take a Hand Tool Woodworking Class

Bill Anderson Teaching A Hand Tool Woodworking Class At The Wood And Shop Traditional Woodworking School

According to Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, as mentioned in the video above, one of the best gifts for woodworkers is the gift of learning. And what better way to learn hand tool woodworking, than taking a traditional woodworking class at the Wood and Shop Traditional Woodworking School?

Moravian Workbench At Wood And Shop Traditional Woodworking School

We have just released the 2024 hand tool woodworking class schedule for our woodworking school, and we’d love to share it with you below! But first, if you’d like to give a traditional woodworking class to a loved one or a friend, you can certainly just sign them up directly here. Or if you’re not sure what class or merchandise they’d like as a gift, you can purchase a digital gift card here:

Woodworking Gift Card For Wood And Shop

2. Buy a Digital Woodworking Class or Woodworking DVD

Is a woodworking class beyond your budget, or beyond your traveling ability (Earlysville, Virginia)? Well we’ve got a bunch of other great stuff that you can give as a woodworking gift. How about a woodworking video class or DVD?

Woodworking Dvds Wood And Shop

Woodworking DVDS and Digital Videos

Browse our traditional woodworking video classes available in HD Streaming / Download and on DVD.

3. Buy a Traditional Woodworking T-Shirt or Hat

How about letting your woodworker show off their woodworking hobby with one of our cool traditional hand tool woodworking T-shirts, Hoodies, or hats? You can check some out here:

Hand Tool Woodworking T Shirts

Woodworking T-Shirts and Apparel

Browse our traditional woodworking clothes to show off your cool hobby!

4. Buy our Traditional Beeswax Wood Finishes

Looking for an amazing stocking stuffer that will make your woodworker family or friend happy? Why not buy one of our all-natural beeswax wood finishes, that we make right here in the Wood and Shop Traditional Woodworking School?

Ye Olde Beeswax Wood Finish On Mahogany With Hand Plane

Ye Olde Beeswax Wood Finish for Furniture

Make your furniture silky smooth with our historic beeswax wood finish!

We also make and sell a food-safe beeswax wood finish that many woodworkers use on cutting boards, wooden spoons, and wooden bowls:

Ye Olde Beeswax Cutting Board &Amp; Wood Spoon Finish

Ye Olde Beeswax Cutting Board & Wood Spoon Finish

Protect your wooden spoons, bowls, and cutting boards with our historic beeswax wood finish!

5. Buy a Hand Tool Woodworking Mug

Another great woodworker gift that anyone would love is one of our sturdy ceramic mugs that feature our handplane designs.

Hand Tool Woodworking Mugs With Handplanes

Hand Tool Woodworking Coffee Mugs

Keep your drinks hot while showing off your traditional woodworking hobby!

6. Buy our Woodworking Plans

If your woodworking buddy loves building things, then surprise them with one of our downloadable woodworking plans, like our very popular Moravian Workbench plans:

Portable Moravian Workbench Plans Pdf

Browse our very detailed woodworking plans!

2024 Woodworking Class Schedule

I hope you’ve found these woodworking gift ideas to be helpful! Below you can see our new schedule for the upcoming year:

• Mar 8-9: Make a Dovetail Saw + Tenon Saw with Tom Calisto (2 Days)
• Mar 21-22: Sharpening Woodworking Hand Tools with Bill Anderson (2 Days)
• Mar 23: Handplane Skills with Bill Anderson (1 Day)
• Mar 25-27: Timber Framing with Ervin & Willie Ellis (3 Days)
• Apr 12-13: Build a Wharton Esherick Three-Legged Stool with Tom Calisto (2 Days)
• Apr 15-17: Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking with Joshua Farnsworth (3 Days)
• Apr 26-27: Make a Traditional Sash Window with Bill Anderson (2 Days)
• May 2-4: Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking with Joshua Farnsworth (3 Days)
• May 6-7: 18th Century Wood Carving with Kaare Loftheim (2 Days)
• May 31-Jun 1: Restoring Wooden Handplanes with Bill Anderson (2 Days)
• Jun 7-8: Make a Dovetail Saw + Tenon Saw with Tom Calisto (2 Days)
• Jun 14-15: Make a Colonial Pipe Box with Jeremy Tritchler (2 Days)
• Jun 17-19: Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking with Joshua Farnsworth (3 Days)
• Jun 24-25: Make Workbench Fixtures with Bill Anderson (2 Days)
• Jun 27-29: Introduction to Green Woodworking with Mike Cundall (3 Days)
• Jul 1-2: Make a Japanese Toolchest with Mike Cundall (2 Days)
• Aug 9-10: Make a Simple Shaker End Table with Tom Calisto (2 Days)
• Aug 12-14: Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking with Joshua Farnsworth (3 Days)
• Aug 15-17: Introduction to Historic Wood Finishing with Don Williams (3 Days)
• Aug 23-24: Shaker Oval Box Making with Jeremy Tritchler (2 Days)
• Sep 13-14: Veneering for Furnituremakers with Dave Heller (2 Days)
• Sep 16-18: Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking with Joshua Farnsworth (3 Days)
• Sep 23-24: Make a Compound Dovetail Tool Tote with Tom Calisto (2 Days)
• Oct 21-23: Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking with Joshua Farnsworth (3 Days)
• Nov 13-15: Make a Molding Plane with Bill Anderson (3 days)
• Nov 16: Hand Cut Moldings with Bill Anderson (1 Day)