Bridging part 3: Powder Puff Derby!!!

I just realized I missed the post about finishing up our Girl Scout year. Sorry :(

To finish up the year girls got the honors of making their own cars and parents as well as other family was welcomed to join in on the races.

We started with a check in and weighed all the cars. This year we were not strict on the rule but next year we will be following the Cub scout Derby rules. 

While I ran check in Justin set up the tracks. 

The girls were so thrilled that after the race the girls did not want to stop. 

Everyone was excited to show off the cars and want to do it again. 

Brook won and there was no competing against her car this year. Maybe next year we will make some adjustments to our car. 

We finished the year with a bang! 

Cub Scouts :)

I have spent the last few weeks getting ready for our Packs first real recruitment. I was prepared for a huge group of people and ready to entertain children while my husband talked to parents.

Sadly this ended up being a dry run for us. Although we did not get anyone signed up we generated interest, which is just as important. 

We also made new connections. The local paper wants to talk to us about bring back the pack. 

We set up an amazing display of fun. 

The Paper airplane launcher and its' target was a success and will be used a lot more. 

 Our amazing Display of Uniforms before Justin fixed the sash for me. 

Justin was adjusting the marble track. 

Some of the many patches Justin has floating around the house was also brought along for show. 

The major focal point was the derby track. Anyone who was a scout even for a short time period remembers doing the cars. I learned this after a few parents told me some interesting stories about their cars and the cars they made with the kids. 

After awhile I decided to walk around and take a few pictures. Some times I end up getting easily distracted and walking away from things. 

There was even hors drawn carriages. 

I took maybe 20 pictures of just horses before remembering I committed to helping my pack. 

But she quickly became my new BFF. Here is hoping for better results next time around. 

Marble Maze!!!!

So we have a pack we are starting up this fall. I have been on the hunt for inexpensive ideas for our recruitment events that are still fun and captivating. I was reading a book on Stem learning and decided this was the right direction. We spent less than $5 in supplies. 

You will need a small thick chunk of wood

nails

paint

rubber bands 

a marble

We used a scrap piece of wood and not realizing it the wood was bowed which honestly just adds to it. 

The longest I took was measuring out the boarder and marking my squares. 

Then I started painting my squares

The center is all done and drying right now.

Starting my boarders.

Then I painted the trim and back.

I painted a white trim to help break it up a tad.

 I decided I wanted a sealer to help protect the board in the upcoming years. This is not required but will help protect the tracks.

 Each corner needs to be nailed so you can change the tracks as often as you want.

Then add the rubber bands. Feel free to make it as easy or as difficult as you would like. Gill-G quickly attached himself to this game and has us feeling like we should make more for home. Check out the kids blogs about making each their own.