Sunrise Earth Movies

On our trip to the Panama Canal last March, there was a competition called Mini Olympics. I was in second place, so I got this prize: A pack of movies called Sunrise Earth Seaside Collection. They show things like islands, seals, and The Great Barrier Reef. I love them because there are beautiful pictures that you can watch while you are doing something else. Every time they start out with a sunrise around 6:30 A.M. They are all about 45 min. to 60 min. long. They are in a series. The one I have is Seaside Collection. Some others are American, Alaskan, and Greatest Hits.

There is a link to buy them from Amazon here.

Basketry Merit Badge (Large Flat Basket)

To earn the Basketry Merit Badge, a scout needs to make three baskets. I already made 2, and this is my third. To make the basket, place reeds flat and make an over one, under one pattern. Then fold the walls up, and keep going.

In this picture I am about halfway done with the basket.

Making the baskets and stool were very fun, and now I have 8 completed merit badges! This was very difficult and confusing, but still fun. You can see the other two here and here.

Basketry Merit Badge (Camp Stool)

Back when I went to advance camp, a camp for Boy Scouts, I got a partial on the Basketry Merit Badge. That means I did some but not all of the requirements to get the Merit Badge. I still had to make two more things.

In the Basketry Merit Badge, one requirement is to make projects with different weaves. I made a twill weave camp stool. To make the weave, I wrapped reeds around poles, and then did a pattern of 4 rows. The first row is over two, under two, over two, the second over one, under two, over two, the third is under two, over two, under two, and the fourth under one, over two, under two.

Here is the completed stool.

Here I am in the process of making it. I had to soak the reeds in water to make sure they didn't break. I used a cooler.

The stool worked well, and it holds my weight! One more project to go, and then I will earn my Merit Badge!

Barn Quilts

We (my mom and I) made barn quilts yesterday. No, they do not keep the barn warm. They are pretty quilt designs that go on a barn. My mom will share hers in a week.

Here is mine. You can see how I did a rainbow of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple with gray in the center.

In this picture, I am painting the orange squares and my mom has finished hers.

We are hoping Jonna will give us fabric versions of these just like she did with our cursive project quilts. Making these were very fun. Here are the instructions and my mom's quilt.

Trick-or-Treating

On Halloween, I went trick-or-treating with my friend, Devin.

I was a Hershey Bar, and my parents were candy makers!

Here is the bucket of candy we put out for trick-or-treaters while we were gone.

After Devin and I went trick-or-treating, we came back, sorted, and traded candy.

Here is a chart I made about what I got from trick-or-treating.

I traded away my regular Tootsie Rolls, and also the Almond Joy. Devin likes them and gave me the ones he doesn't like.

Trick-or-treating was very fun!