Pinewood Derby

So I'm about 2 weeks late getting this one up. Sorry! Jerrud and Corbin had their pinewood derby for cub scouts. For those of you who don't know what it is, they make their own wooden race cars. You buy a kit with a block of wood and a set of wheels and axles. They cut the block however they want to as long as it somehwere for the wheels to be placed. In our case, they drew pictures of the design and mom cut it out on the band saw. So then they sand and paint and decorate however they want. The only big rule is it cannot weigh more than 5 oz. So here are Jerrud and Corbin's creations.

Jerrud was inspired by a truck design he saw that his cousin William had done in the past. Corbin wanted a rocket ship...sorta :) He has wings on the bottom sides and a jet engine in the back. All his own creation. Actually his was much more detailed but I only had so much wood to work with!

So they go up against other scouts. They have a really long track with 2 sides. they use double elimination to figure out who races who. In the beginning they pair up with weight.

So in the end everyone gets a participation trophy. Then they give bigger trophies for 1st, 2nd & 3rd. Corbin is very proud of his participation trophy :) Jerrud is very, very proud of his 3rd place trophy :) He has never placed before. It's a lot of fun and it's done every year. We are looking forward to next years!