We have our monthly den meeting tonight, and are going to be working on completing an elective of making decorations. Our Blue and Gold Banquet is next month, so I thought it would be fun for the boys to make decorations for the banquet. I did some searching on the internet, and most of the ideas I found were just too difficult for 6 & 7 year old boys with short attention spans. I found one that I modified a little bit to make it easier for the boys. So tonight we will be making Cub Scout Yarn Bugs!
I cut long lengths of blue and gold yarn, which the boys will wrap around 5" strips of cardboard. Then they will tie a short piece of yarn under one side, flip the cardboard over and cut through the loops to make a yarn pom pom. I stuck a white pipe cleaner through an egg carton section so that the two ends come out in the bowl part of the carton. These will eventually be the legs. I took a blue pipe cleaner and stuck it through in the opposite direction for arms. Then I spread tacky glue all over the outside of the egg carton section and plopped the yarn pompom on top. I glued on a set of googly eyes. I took the white pipe cleaner and made loops on the end that I flattened out. Onto the loops I taped (glue wouldn't hold) a piece of blue craft foam, cut into the shape of feet. I used a short piece of white pipe cleaner for a flag pole and glued on a piece of gold cardstock cut into a flag, and the words "Pack 129" in blue cardstock that I cut on my Cricut. The original design I saw had a cap, which was cute, but I think what I have done here is enough to keep my boys occupied without completely losing their interest.
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