Just wanted to thank ya'll for the quick replies. In light of new found knowledge(your replies) the project was changed from a transformer to a solenoid.

Actually it is a bell ringing contraption which uses a 6V battery, a hollow core coil, with an old screwdriver shaft as a plunger. And finally a bell from my daughters first bicycle. The coil was hand wrapped around a Burger King drinking straw by me and my daughter. The thing works like a champ! You should have seen her eyes light up when she touched the wire to the battery and sent that plunger up to ring that bell [Linked Image]