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For our Cub Scout pack, we found out that it worked good to rotate between the different derbies, and not do only the Pinewood Derby every 3rd or 4th year. There are so many different and fun derbies you can do... Raingutter Regatta, Space Derby, Cubannapolis, Pinewood Derby, and Paper Rockets to name a few. If we had the Pinewood Derby every year, it got pretty competitive. If we had space in between, it was a lot funner, and the parents didn't make it as competitive.
For the pre-opener of our Cub Scout Space Derby, we lined up the rockets and had papers by each of the rockets. Everyone went down the table, and wrote something on each paper that said what name they thought the rocket should be named.
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See the lines for the Space Derby going across the room with the planets hanging from them?
Here is how the rockets attach to the Space Derby line. We used the chalk board to keep track of the race results.
After each race, they measured to see how far the rockets went. Sometimes they had "races" to see how close you could come to a certain planet, so they would have to decide how many times to wind the rubber band.
For the awards, we wrote some of the fun names the kids made up around the outside of the boys awards. It turned out to be a fun night!
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I thought these would be fun treats or awards to give out for the Space Derby.
This would be a fun neckerchief slide to make for the Space Derby.
These are cute sucker covers.
"Moon Rocks" are made with balloons and glow sticks. They don't show though till the lights are turned off.
I thought this would be cute to use for decorations for the space derby. You could get some cute pictures of the boys.
I don't know for sure how I would use these, but it would be fun to come up with something. It looks like stars in the sky.
This is how you make the jars of stars with glow in the dark paint...
These jars were made out of glow sticks. Find out how to here...
Raingutter Regatta's are a lot of fun. Making the boats are easy for the boys to do, and are something they can do themselves. Here is one idea of stands you can make for the boys to display their boats on.
Here are some pictures of the leaders doing the Raingutter Regatta so you can at least have an idea how to run the event and to give you an idea how to set it up.
I thought this would be a great decoration idea for a Raingutter Regatta, and also a fun place to take the boys pictures.
Something fun to hand out - soap in a bag!
And, some fun ideas of awards you could give out for a Raingutter Regatta. Here's how to make the trophies with the ducks.
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The Cubannapolis is an amazingly fun Cub Scout activity. I hope you will give it a try. Our boys enjoyed it MUCH more than the pinewood derby. It was a lot more low key and fun and funny. We got lots of great pictures!
I made up a rules sheet you could use. Take it to Alphagraphics Copy Store and they can blow it up to 2 feet x 3 feet for $1.59, and then you can color in the different words with markers. Go to the Akela's Council Blog to download it.
The boys had so much fun, that dads didn't want to miss out. After the boys got done, there were many races between the dads. The kids loved being in their dads pit stops to help their dads win the race! So much fun...
See the tunnel in front of the Cubmaster? The boys could go through it or around it. Most chose to go through it. It was very popular!
