Space Derby

Tuesday night the Cub Scouts held their annual Space Derby. Since Micah is a Tiger and in his first year of scouting it was all new to us. We received our kit and I am so glad that Darrick was here to help Micah build it. The leaders told the parents to help as little as we can so it was pretty cute because the Tigers were mostly flying rectangles because it was too much sanding to get it in a rocket shape.



It is propelled by twisting rubberbands connected to a propeller. You could do anywhere from 1-100 spins. Many of the boys who did 100 lost because their rocket either fell off or flipped and got caught in the line. And if you twisted it the wrong way it went backwards.







Micah decided that he would do 25 spins and named his rocket "Blue Bullet". He won his first race but lost the second so he was eliminated.





But we were surprised at the end when Micah was awarded the ribbon for best paint job! He was so proud. Darrick had duty so he missed it all but it was quite an adventure!