WEBELOS
Craftsman
Sam Houston Area
Council
To earn this badge the boys must complete 10 craft
projects. There is no way these can all be completed at den meeting,
so here is a chance to involve the parents. Have the boys get help
from their fathers at home. You can also enlist the help of the
fathers in furnishing tools to be used during den meeting.
Ideas
for Den Meetings
- List tools needed to complete badge
-Visit
cabinet shop, unfinshed furniture shop, or lumber yard
-Make a
tool chest or bench hook for sawing
-Have a birdhouse building
project
-Invite someone to give a demonstration on the safe use
of tools
For Materials
-Ask your lumber yard for scrap lumber they are
going to throw away
Ask carpet companies for carpet scraps which
are to be discarded
-Auto upholstery companies will sometimes
give you plastic scraps left over from seat covers.
-Check with
cabinet shops for scrap pieces of lumber, molding, etc.
Mineral Collection
BookEnds
The Great Whidgit
Whatchamacallit and Thingamajig Idea Book By Sue Thomas and Betsy
Warren, Greater St. Louis Area Council
Your rocks and minerals collection will probably
have some beautiful pieces which you can put to use in a pair of
book ends. Try to have pieces as identical possible to match up each
bookend.
The right-angle wood base is made of 3/4"wood, the
base measuring 4 3/4' square, the upright piece 4 3/4"x5
1/4". These are simply nailed together to become your
form.
The plaster is made by stirring 1 1/4 cups of plaster of
Paris into a cupful of water in an old pan. When the mixture starts
to thicken it is spooned immediately on the plaster form, building
it up the back. Then a second batch of plaster is mixed in the same
proportions and the form is built up further.
Press you
specimens, foliage, figurines, etc., into this second layer before
it hardens completely. You will have to work pretty fast. After a
few hours you can slide the bookend off the wood base, peel back the
foil and lift the bookend off. At this point, break off any thin
irregular projections of the plaster for these will only crumble off
later. After allowing a week for thorough drying, glue felt to
bottom by applying glue on plaster first, then when that dries, add
a second layer and a layer of glue on the left.
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