Foamy Fountain Fun!

Make your own bird feeder!

The dead of winter is when the birds of New England could use the most help from humans and our  feeding contraptions.

One easy way to make a bird feeder is to start with a hollow cardboard cylinder, maybe from a toilet paper roll or cut up from a wrapping paper tube.

Coat the tube in peanut butter. (Instead of peanut butter you can also use a cooking shortening like Crisco.)

Spread out a cookie sheet and pour some wild bird seed into the pan. Then roll the tube in the seed.

Once the tube is covered with seeds loops some string through and tie a knot.

Your bird feeder is now ready to hang out in your yard. Best to put it somewhere that's not too windy so it's easier for birds to eat. Place it across a window if you can and see what kind of birds stop by.

Feel free to snack on the peanut butter as you go along. Please save the seeds for the birds though!

Slime Time!

A lot of Cub Scouts asked for it so here's the recipe the Wolf Den used to make some homemade slime!

Ingredients: Water, one teaspoon of Borax (found in dishwashing aisle), one 5 oz container of clear school glue, food coloring of whatever color slime you want to make
Hardware: Two mixing bowls, measuring cup, spoon for mixing

1) Mix 1 teaspoon of Borax with 1 cup of water
 in one bowl
2) Mix glue with 1/2 cup of water
 in the other bowl
3) Add 6 drops of food coloring to the glue mixture
4) Add the Borax mixture to the glue mixture
5) Knead the slime to get the water out. Your hands will get sticky and wet!

6) Drain the remaining water
.
7) PLAY!

While the slime is still moist be careful you don't get food coloring on your clothes, rugs or furniture! After you play with it for a while though it will dry out enough so that it won't leave traces.

You can mold it, break it up and smoosh it back together. Don't put it in your mouth though, please!

Keep it in a baggy and the slime should stay malleable for about a week.

Blithewood Park Tree Lighting

Thank you to the all the Scouts from Pack 70 and Troop 70 who took part in the opening flag ceremony for the Blithewood Park Tree Lighting.

Cub Scout T-Shirts

Pack 70 will be ordering its first official Cub Scout t-shirts in the weeks to come. These shirts will serve as "Class B" uniforms which can be worn at potentially messy pack activities like park clean-ups or spaghetti dinners.

Scout shirts are just  $5 each (subsidized by our fund raising activities) and adult sizes cost $10. If you didn't get an order form this week we'll have more at every meeting. Please return your order form by the Dec. 17 meeting and be sure to pick a size your Scout can wear for multiple years (these guys grow fast!) Full payment is due when the shirts are delivered.

Space Derby!

Congratulations to all our Scouts for participating in our thrilling Space Derby. 

We saw lots of great shuttle designs, fantastic paint jobs and some photo finishes as the spaceships hurtled down the wires. Like all good racing events, there were also plenty of last minute repairs so thanks to all the parents, leaders and other rocket scientists who worked in the pit crews!

Now everyone can start thinking about the Pinewood Derby in April...

Afternoon at the Higgins Armory!