Jan
02
This post is the second in a series on building a Cub Scout Pinewood Derby car that takes style cues from the Batmobile. The first posting in this series can be found here. We left off our construction with the wooden block shaped and sanded, the fenders and design effects cut out and sanded, the …
Dec
27
My six-year-old son started Cub Scouting this year, and he’s really taken to the program. One activity in particular that excites him is the annual Pinewood Derby race, in which scouts and their parents create race cars from blocks of wood and compete against vehicles made by other scouts. Fortunately, we were provided with an official …
Dec
21
Season’s Greetings, and thanks for your visit. A quick holiday thought for readers with little (or not so little) ones eagerly awaiting a visit from Santa Claus: a free service from Portable North Pole (PNP). The site creates a video greeting from Santa Claus, a link to which can be Emailed to any of a number …