The big boys participated in the Pinewood Derby with their Cub Scout Pack. I was not very familiar with what this was exactly when we first heard about it. The get a "kit" with a block of wood and some wheels and have to turn it into a car to race. We took the kits with us to Arizona over Christmas because we know an excellent woodworking Guru there...Pa! So Jason and Ed helped the boys pick out their designs, and Ed cut them out with his super cool tools. He then showed Jake and Max how to sand them (and we all know how he likes to sand!).
The above picture are the cars from Max's den of Tiger Cubs. His is the blue truck with the snake on the hood. The back has pennies and nickles in it, so he named it Max's Bank Truck. The cars need to be max five ounces. So, if you want to win...they need to be five ounces on the nose. We had to take the cars in to be weighed and impounded a few days before the race. We kept putting coins in the back of Max's truck until we hit the five ounces mark and then we superglued them down.
Jake's den is in this box. His is the green formula one. We are so proud of what a great job they did painting them. Jake's was really lightweight because of the design he chose. I went to the sporting goods store and bought fishing weights to glue on the back to get it up to weight. So now you know why I had super glue residue on my fingers for two days!
Jake's car "Jake's STP Champion" is getting ready for his first heat.
We love the look on his face. You can totally see that he won and is trying to play it cool. He even had a couple of groupies cheering him on.
Max's Bank Truck is at the top of the track. It was very exciting. We went into the evening feeling like novices (some of these parents were expert racers and hardcore about it!). I was prepping the boys beforehand. "Hey guys, you had a lot of fun building the cars with Pa and Daddy. It was fun painting them...this is our first time, so it's okay if we don't win...we still had fun, yada, yada, yada." Then...
Jake took SECOND place in his Den!!! He got a medal and was so excited. It was a really close race too. They had tied, and then his friend Timmy won the tie breaker (with his really cool Shamu car) . We were so excited for Jake!
Then Max's Den was the last to go. And he took FIRST place!!! He had to race off with the other Tiger Den champion, and he won! Now he will race in the Divisional Championships in April. We have the car safely tucked on the very top shelf of the bookcase, lest it be tampered with before the race. So we survived our first Pinewood Derby, and kicked its butt!
The big boys participated in the Pinewood Derby with their Cub Scout Pack. I was not very familiar with what this was exactly when we first heard about it. The get a "kit" with a block of wood and some wheels and have to turn it into a car to race. We took the kits with us to Arizona over Christmas because we know an excellent woodworking Guru there...Pa! So Jason and Ed helped the boys pick out their designs, and Ed cut them out with his super cool tools. He then showed Jake and Max how to sand them (and we all know how he likes to sand!).
The above picture are the cars from Max's den of Tiger Cubs. His is the blue truck with the snake on the hood. The back has pennies and nickles in it, so he named it Max's Bank Truck. The cars need to be max five ounces. So, if you want to win...they need to be five ounces on the nose. We had to take the cars in to be weighed and impounded a few days before the race. We kept putting coins in the back of Max's truck until we hit the five ounces mark and then we superglued them down.
Jake's den is in this box. His is the green formula one. We are so proud of what a great job they did painting them. Jake's was really lightweight because of the design he chose. I went to the sporting goods store and bought fishing weights to glue on the back to get it up to weight. So now you know why I had super glue residue on my fingers for two days!
Jake's car "Jake's STP Champion" is getting ready for his first heat.
We love the look on his face. You can totally see that he won and is trying to play it cool. He even had a couple of groupies cheering him on.
Max's Bank Truck is at the top of the track. It was very exciting. We went into the evening feeling like novices (some of these parents were expert racers and hardcore about it!). I was prepping the boys beforehand. "Hey guys, you had a lot of fun building the cars with Pa and Daddy. It was fun painting them...this is our first time, so it's okay if we don't win...we still had fun, yada, yada, yada." Then...
Jake took SECOND place in his Den!!! He got a medal and was so excited. It was a really close race too. They had tied, and then his friend Timmy won the tie breaker (with his really cool Shamu car) . We were so excited for Jake!
Then Max's Den was the last to go. And he took FIRST place!!! He had to race off with the other Tiger Den champion, and he won! Now he will race in the Divisional Championships in April. We have the car safely tucked on the very top shelf of the bookcase, lest it be tampered with before the race. So we survived our first Pinewood Derby, and kicked its butt!
2 comments:
That is soo awesome!! Way to go boys!!
That is so fun! Great job guys!
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