The cub scout Pinewood Derby was last week. Ricky and Kevin worked on his car for about a week. We are really big into letting our boys do a lot of the work themselves for these things, even though doing it ourselves would probably be easier.
Ricky drew out his design and Kevin used the tools to cut it down to size. I used my shopping skills for accessories and showed Ricky how to spray paint. Then he hammered and glued and finally got THE car …
I believe he called it “Wreck Car.” The name came because he thought all the little pieces would fly off when it got to the end of the track.
Ricky got to race 4 times. He came in first in 3 of those races. The last race he barely lost. That gave him a second place ranking.
Ricky couldn’t have been more proud!
You can see one of his races and all the cars the boys made HERE.