Anyone have new B&G craft ideas?

[johndaigler]

Just finished the Den meeting and sylvar/suzan centerpiece rocked!

 

Instead of cutting tissue into 4x4s, I saved time by using blue and gold cocktail napkins. The boys just cut along the folds to get 4 squares from each napkin. It's probably not as airy as the tissue would be but the boys were able to work well with them. I haven't decided about adding the flags - we might just use the #75.

 

We also did the Wolf cup favors from "Program Helps" - they worked out fine. It's a bit difficult to tie ribbon around the cup (even if you're not 8!), but what worked was using a Pringles chip can. Much better base to tie around and then the bow slips off the bottom of the can and up the cup. A spot of kid glue holds it in place. We used blue/gold ribbons together and then added stickers.

 

We had an early release day from school today so the Den meeting started an hour early but ran till its usual finish time. With the extra time I added in one more crafty activity. We folded squares of green paper into tents. This version takes about 8 folds and two small pieces of tape. Before adding the finishing scotch tape the boys unfolded the paper and wrote "thank yous" to their parents then refolded the tents and taped them to hold their final shape. Stickers personalized the tents so we can tell them apart come BnG.

 

Thanks guys!!

 

jd