Mother's Day Craft

Every year we make a lovely little Mother's Day Craft for the Cubs to take home. This year we decided that a gorgeous recycled item would be great!

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.

Just before Mother's Day we will put the fudge in a serviette and place it inside the tin ...... ready to be delivered with an extra big kiss and a cup of tea!

Till next Time
Keep Crafting
Akela Joy

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Pirate hats and patch

This craft is very simple and easy.

Take black cardboard and cut out the shape of a pirate hat. We cut it on the fold so only had to fasten the one side.

I pre-printed 'skull and cross-bones' and let the cubs cut those out as well as other pirate pictures which they pasted onto the hat.

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!

Keep crafting

Akela Joy

Woodcraft Trail

Although this is not a craft as such, we thought it was such a lovely idea to use in the Cub Pack.

Woodcraft Trail - Snakes and Ladders ..... the Cubs love it and while playing they are learning.

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Akela Joy

Simple kite - 11th April 2008

SIMPLE, QUICK AND EASY KITE

This is a fabulous kite to use when you don't know what to do with your Cubs and the wind is blowing!

Print it out onto an A4 size sheet of paper and cut out as above. The Cubs can enjoy colouring it in first and see how colourful they can make it. They can also make a tail which needs to be attached. Fold along fold-lines and re-inforce where indicated.

(click on picture to enlarge)

.... and away you go...

Till next Time

Keep Crafting

Akela Joy

A little while ago at our Skills Day for Leaders, we made this Toucan Bird Feeder.

It is phenomenal!.... try it and see.

Click on the picture to enlarge it.

Till next Time

Keep Crafting

Akela Joy

Another Version of the Elephant Woggle

My computer was struck by lightning last week Saturday so I have not been able to be very creative!

Nevertheless, I have made the Elephant Woggles again using Craft Foam and they have turned out beautifully.

I have used 2 buttons for the eyes which just enhance his little face!

Till next Time

Keep Crafting

Akela Joy