Scout Art Project

Originally my son's scout leader had asked me to help my son and two other scouts to make some things with them to earn their Art Badge. I thought that we could make some silhouettes since they are only this age for so long. I managed to capture the likeness of their faces and unique features of each one. Then I asked the scout leader if she could pick up some kind of black background and she had found these black foam boards at Walmart for a really cheap price. Since part of the requirement for the badge is to make a frame, I thought it would be really neat if we could somehow frame these with branches. She took us to a friend of hers house where we found many branches that had fallen down during the spring winds. Upon arriving to her friends house I discovered that the entire front room of her house was devoted to creativity! It was the ultimate crafters' delight. A room as big as my kitchen, dining and living room put together. Full of bins containing every crafty, artsy kind of thing imaginable. The scout leaders friend told me that this room was made with the purpose for her four teenagers in hopes that they might create things instead of being sucked into the gaming world or television. She explained to me that her teens and their friends prefer to spend time in this room creating and chatting about life. Between the three of us and this amazing room we came up with these amazing frames. We marked several pairs of holes all along the top, bottom, and sides. Then using these giant nails we poked them through the foam board. After that we measured out some colored green twine and cut several for the holes about 10-12" long each. We used pipe cleaners to pull the twine through each hole. Then secured the branches creating a frame for each side. The results were so amazing. I had to share with you all, especially since I thought that there might be other moms like me trying to figure out what to do with their scout to help him earn his badge. I hope that this was helpful, I would like to know if it was. You can use this to make up your own or different versions of this project.

Keep fueling your creativity!

Abby

God Bless America!

We just spent the last two days indoctrinating ourselves in the founding fathers and hero's of our great country! Our two day Cub Scout Camp for our boys was out of this world! Wait til you see all the photos!

For the two days my boys had the pleasure of meeting these important founders and hero's! Non of course are in the order that they did them in. 

 At the Chief Joseph Station they learned about him and a hands on activity of how to shoot a arrow out of a bow.

 Jim Bowie taught them how to sharpen an ax and to carve an animal out of soap bars. 

 I love the buffalo!

 The boys are all anxiously awaiting their instructions.

 They learned about George Washington Carver at this station as well as making and sampling Sweet Potato biscuits.

 They Learned about Lewis and Clark's Adventures and made their own journals, which I hope my boys use this summer!

 All the wonderful things that Abraham Lincoln did as well as make top hats for themselves. 

 Learned about Audubon's famous watercolor paintings of the birds and how long it took him to put them together. They made a snack bar for the birds to feed off of. 

 Thomas Jefferson had a lot to say about the things that he did in his lifetime. There was not a hands on activity here at this station.

 I'll give you two guesses as to what the boys got to do at the Davy Crockett Station.

 Gavin's anxiously awaiting his turn at the group flag!

 GO PIONEERS!

 The scout's oat. This was placed on a block that held an american flag and a scouting flag. 

 They made kite's at the Franklin Station.

 This pit was made for all the Dutch Ovens that were placed in it for our lunch which was chili and cornbread the first day and then fried chicken and jo jo's the second day.

 A special treat! The Montana National Guard flew in from Helena and talked with the kids about the great American Hero's!

 This man was Johnny Appleseed. In case you all didn't know the Bitterroot Valley was one of the largest suppliers of Apple growers in the United States. 

 They even marched in a parade for Heritage Days in Stevensville, Montana singing "God Bless America" all the way down Main St and won a Blue ribbon in their category.

 All the boys received American flags which they waved around for the parade.

 The G-Unit(Garrett and Gavin)

 Garrett flying his pocket kite.

 The illuminating thunder clouds approach.

 Must've  been his first time on a cattle guard with his bike!

 One of the numerous things that we do for amusement in Montana!

Yes, this is a real Cow Pie!

I hope you enjoyed reading and looking at the photos posted on my blog. There are sure to be more soon, so be on the look out!

Abigail Turner