Create your own PWD 18 wheeler big rig that comes complete with the Adventure Base 100 Tour graphics that will be on trucks traveling across the US in 2010.

Kit includes 1 trailer, 18 wheels, 2 axles, 8 long axles, trailer connector, 1 small wheel base, 1 large wheel base, 2 cab panels, 1 woos cab block, instructions with template for carving.

Truck races on existing Pinewood Derby track.

BSA Supply Group now has for sale several different Cub Scout suncatcher kits. Each kit is $1.49 and includes five paint pots, an applicator, and a suction cup for hanging.

The different designs include Akela, Baloo, Tiger Cub, and Blue and Gold.

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BSA Supply Group will shortly have this basketball shooting craft ($3.99) available for order from scoutstuff.org. The website notes that the craft is a “working model.”

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The new Baloo’s Bugle is out.  Baloo’s Bugle is a great monthly unofficial publication with games, activities, ceremonies, puzzles, crafts, and other ideas for den and pack meetings. This one covers the December “Works of Art” theme.

For Webelos Scout den meetings, this Bugle also has activities for the Craftsman and Scientist Webelos activity badges.

Also inside is a helpful article on “Making Art with Boys.”

There is a sad note concerning Bill Smith, Roundtable Guy. It says that he recently had a stroke and is in rehab.  Please keep Bill Smith and his family in your prayers. 

Click here (link) to download Baloo’s Bugle in pdf format or here (link) to download it in Word format.

DLTK’s Crafts for Kids website has instructions on doing this “Sunny the Sunflower” craft which would probably be a fun project for your Tigers or Wolfs. The site has a template for the project.

Theme: Fun in the Sun

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In celebration of Earth Day, you can visit the “Go Green Projects” page at the Boys’ Life website for 14 eco-oriented projects including a solar hot dog cooker and plastic jug bird feeders.

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As with all the Webelos activity badges, the best resources for Artist are the Webelos Handbook and the Webelos Leader Guide.

Here are some other Artist resources that may be helpful:

• Meritbadge.org Artist Worksheet (pdf)
• SHAC Artist Packet (pdf) [via Buckeye]
• Scouting the Net – Artist
  
• Hendra’s Artist Packet (pdf) [via MacScouter and scoutingthenet.com]
• Pack 152 – Artist
• RYB Color Model
• Drawing Basics for Kids
• How to Make a Mobile

At thebestkidsbooksite.com, they have instructions on how to make this Hanukkah menorah construction paper craft.  The instructions include a cut-out template.

This would probably be a fun December project for your Tigers or Wolfs.

Theme: Holiday Lights

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These Christmas Tree Lantern Craft Kits from Oriental Trading would probably be a fun activity for Tiger, Wolf, or Bear den meetings in December.  Light from a flashlight can shine through the cutout stars. The kits are $7.99 plus shipping for a set of twelve.

Theme: Holiday Lights

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These Journal Craft Kits (“The Book About Me!”) from Oriental Trading would probably be a fun activity for Tiger, Wolf, or Bear den meetings in October.  The kits are $8.29 plus shipping for a set of twelve.

Theme: Adventures in Books

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