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Cold drink tops were collected for weeks on end and then a small hole was drilled into each one - just big enough for a "bendable" straw to fit through.
The straw was positioned in place with a glue gum - just to make sure these stayed in place.
Take a cold drink bottle and fill the bottom with water - probably 200ml. Top up with cooking oil.
Add half an effervescent tablet - it does not matter which one ..... and watch what happens!
Your very own Lava Lamp!
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Akela Joy
Take a coffee filter and cut into a butterfly shape. The cubs then traced their own pattern onto the filter paper and painted whatever colours they wanted. 
Ordinary wooden pegs were used, painted different colours and I stuck "eyes" onto them before the meeting as this can get rather tricky.
One of the many beautiful butterflies painted by the cubs.
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If you are doing an Underwater or Sea programme this is ideal. Cut out the octopus and get the cubs to colour them in. I used high-lighters which give them a nice, bright colour. Fold it around to form a peak, glueing A to B. 
We have been collecting these tins over the years so we have plenty in stock - in all shapes and sizes.
I have photos of all my cubs and therefore printed the most suitable, individual photo for the front of the tin and then I also pasted a group photo at the back. These "memory" stationery holders can then be kept for many years.
We collected all the tins - condensed milk came in these tins - and we painted them a variety of pastel colours.
Lengths of wire were cut which would serve as handles and 1 side was attached to the cans. Hubby Darling drilled 2 holes in each can for me. The cubs then chose which beads they wanted to use and happy threaded them onto the wire. We finished it off by threading the piece of wire through the other hole, twisting it around itself and cutting it off and making it safe.
The eyepatch is shaped slightly with a flap at the top which is folded over a thin piece of elastic which goes around the head. The flap can be glued which takes some time to dry or stapled.As you can see, the cubs had great fun being Buccaneers and Privateers!
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Akela Joy
Woodcraft Trail - Snakes and Ladders ..... the Cubs love it and while playing they are learning.
I have used 2 buttons for the eyes which just enhance his little face!
We made them out of grey leather and they really looked like elephants but cardboard works just as well.
Hello and welcome to the Crafts for Creative Hands blog. I am an Akela for a Cub Pack here in South Africa and love craft work. Every so often I will blog a craft that I have found to be fun and interesting for the cubs and I am sure you will find awesome for your children.
This is a crazy little racer car - how it works is that it has a marble inside of it and you place it on a surface that is slightly raised and whoola, away it goes at a tremendous speed!
It is very simple to make.
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