Grass head guys

Not only am I a wolf den leader, but for the last several months I have been teaching at Round Table so this month I decided to share something that we did last year with my boys:

Grass head guys

These guys are pretty easy to make and the boys absolutely love watching them grow.

What you will need to make your own grass head guy:

• nylons(knee highs or an old pair cut off at the knee)
• Quick grow grass seed
• 3 rubber bands
• top soil
• yoplait yogurt container (washed and dried)
• googly eyes
• pipe cleaner 
• e6000 glue

I know I have a cup instead of a yogurt container, and that is because I tried using a cup first and it didn't work very well. 

What you will need to do to put them together:

• place handful of grass seed in the toe of the stocking(it helps to have an extra set of hands to stretch the nylon out)
• add soil on top of the seeds until well firm and makes the shape of a head.

• next shape the face, make a nose shape and put an elastic around it to hold it into shape. Do the same for each ear(if you want to add a mustache add some grass seed under his nose before moving onto the next step)

• Tighten the stocking at the bottom and tie a knot in it. Leave the rest of the nylon to hang down as this will absorb the water from the container, if it it too long you can cut some off.

• Glue on his eyes and his pipe cleaner mouth with e6000 glue (*DO THIS BEFORE WATERING, I learned the hard way also make sure the glue is dry before watering)

• Place in yogurt container and put in sunny window 
• water him everyday and you should start to see growth in approximately 7 days. 
• trim hair however you want. 

Bobcat Trail Lapbook

****UPDATE as of April 2013- I have moved all my Cub Scout stuff to my blog strictly for Cub Scouts check it out HERE


If you aren't familiar with lapbook lessons, they are used a lot in homeschooling. It is a great hands on method of teaching your child about anything.

 I found the idea for a bobcat lapbook HERE. I loved the idea of it, but there were no printables to go along with it, so I decided to create my own,after 6 plus hours of working on them, I finally had them done.

If you need to know how to fold a lapbook HERE is a quick tutorial, or you can google for more resources.

I printed them out and then started cutting out my "mini books" from construction paper. I thought I kept the measurements for all of them, but I can't find them so I am guessing I threw them out like I do everything in my house. 

Here is the front of the book

inside. This is how I laid mine out because I didn't want them in order.

Motto- this is just a piece of paper folded in half. Put the number 6 square on the front.

Inside put the picture of the motto inside

Cub scout handshake- I used a matchbook style book for this one. (basically a folded flap book like above with a bit extra added and stapled, staple before gluing to the folder)

Inside place the meaning and picture of handshake inside

Law of the pack- make a pocket, I used the printable one from HERE, then put the law of the pack onto a  piece of construction paper that is a tad bigger and cut into strips to make into a puzzle, place the pieces inside your pocket.

here is what it looks like all cut apart.

Webelos meaning- use another pocket, place number 3 on front

inside mount meaning onto construction paper make sure you leave enough room to write pull at the top.

Cub scout Sign- this is a folded flap book place number 4 on front flap

Inside place meaning on top flap and picture of sign on bottom

Cub scout salute- make a folded flap book, but this time place the fold on the side.

inside place the picture of salute in front

and the meaning behind the picture. Staple all of them together before gluing to the folder (see picture 2 above)

In the middle top of the folder make a large folded flap book and place the cub scout promise(#1) on the front flap

Inside place the meaning on the top flap and the promise on the bottom.

in the middle section on the bottom left place the Character connection, on the left place the smaller bobcat trail square then under that write list examples here:. The boys can list examples as you talk about  the character connection (under commit)

If you have any questions or would like the printables feel free to leave me a comment or email me.

Blue and Gold banquet

***UPDATE 2-6-13 I have been receiving many comments from people that would like to use the subway art or with other questions, I am not ignoring you, you are just non reply commenters, so I am unable to reply to you. I would LOVE to send it to anyone that would like it, but please make sure you are not a non reply commenter. HERE is a great way to find out if you are and how to fix it. If you do not want to fix it please include your email address in your comment or email me directly @ crafttalesfromtheunknown@gmail.com 
Thanks.

As you know I have been working on the Blue and Gold Banquet for several weeks. If you remember we are doing a space theme. Well tonight was the big night. I have to say it all came together with very little complications.

These are the rockets I made for some of the center pieces I found the idea Here. Instead of confetti like they used I just used gold glitter because that is what I had.

Here is the subway art I made and posted about earlier put in frames. The frames are not my favorite, but they were the right price and the gold coloring worked good for what we were using them for.

Here is the other subway art. I alternated these on each of the tables.

I found this cute idea from this site HERE and decided they would be really cute on our tables. So I ran out to Lowes and picked up paint chips in the colors we needed. I had to make 80 of them so I made several trips to get enough

. I just sewed the two together on my machine and then using the cuttlebug I cut out the scalloped shape. I wish I had made them a litttle bit bigger, but it was too late. I then used photoshop to make cupcake toppers using our logo and then printed them 12 to a sheet and used the cuttlebug again to cut them out.

We were fortunate enough to borrow some decorations from my SIL's friend so the styrofoam squares with the garland are hers. I had seen this idea before, but they used a half circle to make them and I they were pricey. I didn't think about using square ones, I wish I had though, because they were so cute on the tables. We put some colored paper under each center piece to give it a little pop of color.

We ended up having to add a few more tables, so we did not have enough of the rockets and styrofoam squares for each table so we placed them randomly around, but each table got a subway art print.

Here is the table with the plates and silverware holders and centerpieces. Besides the clear cups, I think it turned out so cute.

We strung blow up space shuttles(which were also borrowed) between the basketball hoops. We also borrowed the photo op that you can see in the back of the picture, and the constellations that you can see around the room.

We had each boy/family bring a space themed dessert and had a contest. This is K's cake that his Aunt so nicely made for him. He won the award for the cake with the most blue and gold.

 Doodle the alien

K and Doodle in space.

This is the only picture I got of the dessert table. We had some really cute and fun desserts. There are some creative boys in our pack.

I had a so much fun planning this and hope I get to do it again next year, but I will say that I am exhausted and am glad to be getting a break soon (well at least for 6 weeks after we have the baby right)

***UPDATE 2-6-13 I have been receiving many comments from people that would like to use the subway art or with other questions, I am not ignoring you, you are just non reply commenters, so I am unable to reply to you. I would LOVE to send it to anyone that would like it, but please make sure you are not a non reply commenter. HERE is a great way to find out if you are and how to fix it. If you do not want to fix it please include your email address in your comment or email me directly @ crafttalesfromtheunknown@gmail.com 
Thanks.

Scout subway art

Well I decided that since it is the Blue and Gold banquet and it is for scouts I needed something "scouty" (like my word I made up) for decorations so I made another subway art to display.

I think it turned out kind of fun and actually am thinking about making it into a 5x7 and adding the boys names and framing them for Christmas this year. Anyway like the other one I made this in an 8x10 and 4x6 and had them printed at costco. The 4x6's will go on the tables along with another centerpiece that I am currently making.

I am working on invitations and hope to get them done soon and posted.

Please note: 
If you use this printable on the internet – please link back! 
- These are for Personal use only. Please do not claim them or sell them as your own!!

Space subway art

I am a cub scout leader in my Church which gives me the opportunity to plan the Blue and Gold Banquet. We have picked a space theme for this years big event.  This is my first time planning one of these so I am treating it just like a big party, not sure if that is what I am supposed to do but it's what I am doing.

I am very much loving the subway art all over the internet and pinterest and have discovered that I can make my own so I decided to do one as a center piece in a space theme.

I designed it to be an 8x10 and will be putting it on the food table, but I also made it into a 4x6 so that I could put it on each of the tables along with some other decorations.

This is the 4x6. I am having them printed at Costco.

**You may use this for personal use only do not claim them or sell them as your own
**If you use this subway art and post it on the internet, please link back to this post as the original source.