Water Jug Neckerchief Slide

If you know little man you know that he LOVES neckerchief slides. He has this goal of wearing a new neckerchief slide every week to Cub Scouts.

Here is a quick one you can make using things you most likely have around the house.

Isn't this the cutest neckerchief slide? Little man is so excited to wear this one to scouts. It is pretty easy to make too.

Here is what you will need to make one:

• 4 milk caps.It doesn't matter what color they are as long as two of them are the same color
• Plastic bodndoggle lace to match your same color milk caps
• Duct tape or electrical tape to match you milk caps
• small pony bead.
• Glue gun ( I am showing how to make it with out a glue gun so the cubs can make them, but you will need it for the bead and pvc pipe ring). 
• clear packing tape
• pvc pipe ring

Tape two milk caps together using small pieces of tape

 Next place the two matching colored milk caps on either side of the two you just taped together and lay on a long piece of tape as seen above.

Place a piece of plastic lace on the duct tape under your milk caps.

 Start rolling your milk caps along the tape, taping them altogether. As you can tell, I forgot to add my string and had to go back and undo my tape.

Continue taping until you reach the opposite side of your plastic lace. When you get to this point add your lace and tape in place.

 Finish off your tape. Now cut your plastic lace off if you have excess.

 After cutting off excess lace.

Now glue your bead on using a hot glue gun. Make a label for your cute new jug and use clear packing tape to tape it on. Place a pvc pipe ring on the back and you are ready to wear your new slide.

Passports to Other Lands Neckerchief Slides

This month at our council round table it was my job to do new leader awards. It seems like we always have 20 plus new leaders but do not have a huge budget. So I went fairly easy and cheap.

I made travel neckerchief slides since the supplemental theme is Passports to Other Lands. I got the clear rocks from the dollar store, then went to the  hardware store and bought a section of PVC pipe. I made 1 inch circles in photoshop using travel clipart, then used a 1 inch circle punch to punch them out. Glued them to the rocks and attached PVC pipe pieces I cut.

For less than 3.00 and about a half an hour (maybe a little bit more) I was able to make 30 neckerchief slides.

If you would like the printable, email me and I would be glad to send it to you.

Clucking Chicken

I am sure you have seen these clucking/squawking chickens before, but if you haven't today is your lucky day. I was in charge of a pre-opener for round table this week and the theme was Down On the Farm, so I decided to give them instructions on how to make them.  

 They are so easy and fun and the boys LOVE them. The yellow one is actually one that my son made at Philmont when we were there. The white ones are ones I just made up as examples.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Take one disposable plastic cup and poke a small hole in the bottom.

2. Tie a large knot in a piece of nylon string and thread it through the hole, leaving the knot on the outside so that the string won't go through when it's tugged on.

3. Decorate your cup so that it somewhat resembles a chicken/rooster. Stick on some feathers, use paper, fun foam, or felt for the beak.Use google eyes or just draw eyes on with a sharpie

4. Cut a small rectangular piece of kitchen sponge and tie to the end of the string inside the cup.

5. To make the chicken cluck: slightly dampen the sponge, fold the sponge over the string (at the top) and run the sponge down the string holding it firmly with quick, short tugs and it makes a loud clucking sound.

 This little guy turned out so cute. I made him into a neckerchief slide. To make him use the 3oz bathroom cups, then follow the directions above, and add on a piece of pvc pipe on the back.

 He makes me giggle every time I look at him and he sounds super cute.

Pinewood Derby Neckerchief Slides

We are making neckerchief slides as participation awards for our boys for our pinewood derby. I found the idea HERE

Materials needed:

• baseboard (we got 75ish from a 5ft section)
• spray paint in whatever colors you would like plus black
• thumb tacks
• pvc pipe and cutters.
• silver sharpie
• hot glue gun

Cut 1 inch pieces from baseboard


Poke thumb tacks into piece of cardboard or cardboard box

Spray paint black...I did two coats.

Spray paint your "cars" the colors you want them, in my case I did them green

red and

blue.

place painted thumbtacks in sides of  "cars"

Use a hot glue gun to attach PVC pipe piece(about 1/2" wide) to back of "car".

Use a silver sharpie, or white paint to add headlights. You can also add stickers to it.