Scout Camp Duty Roster

My husband has been the scout master of our ward troop for the last FOUR years.  about three years ago (his first going to camp as a leader) I helped him by making a duty roster for the boys...

I just took an old piece of plywood (that had been laying around for years), some random spray paint, and tape.  I had the green spray paint left over from one of my sons pinewood derby cars (the fish) so I sprayed both sides of the board (obviously letting one side dry before the other side was painted).  Then I took some masking tape and taped off some lines (I think I used some paper too to avoid over spray) and painted in the white lines.

The first year we did this I found some clearance wooden tags.  I didn't realize that they were clearance until the 2nd year when I went back to the craft store to get more.  They were clearance because they were Christmas ornament leftovers.  This year I found some round wooden circles at the ONE and ONLY craft store in my town--I would think that a town with a population over 75,000 would have more than one craft store but whatever...

Anywho...

I drilled a hole in the top and have a friend who sells vinyl make me up some names and stuff to apply on the circles.  This year I separated the boys up a bit...the older boys circles stayed natural, the younger boys got a coat of white paint, and the leaders/adults got to be true blue.  This is how weird I am...in the past I have made the boys two sets...one set had the scout saying of "Do A Good Turn Daily" on the back and the other set would have the camp motto--one year it was "Eager to Soar".  Well this year when I called the scout office to find out the motto they told me that there wasn't one.  What up?!  Worked out anyways cuz with 11 boys and 5 adults going I couldn't afford to buy that many extra wooden circles.   

Mason Jar Candles

This isn't the first idea that I have borrowed/stole to make my own, but it is the FIRST that I have blogged about!  WOW my first ever crafty blog entry...what is the world coming to people, my mother-in-law (MIL) just joined the facebook community, my parents send me text messages, and now I have a crafty blog.  People get your 72 hour kits prepared, cuz the end must be near ;-)

ANYwho...

I got my inspiration for this idea here...The Idea Attic

Step 1: get a mason jar...I have probably like a million that are un-used.  I always have illusions of canning grandeur, but I forget that canning season is in the fall--and my tomatoes and other canning things usually all ripen during the first two weeks of school--not convienient for a teacher...altho somehow lots of other teachers and other busy people can be canners --I don't know how people do it!  we shall see if I am able to actually follow thru with this whole blogging thing. 

back to the project...

Step 2:  take your clean mason jar and attach stickers...the idea that I stole from used star stickers and since I have a very limited imagination (AND it is the 4th after all) I really wanted stars...plus I have a star infatuation right now...I had a dandy of a time finding star stickers...anyways I found them and was able to stick them on...

Step 3:  get some spray on frosted glass found in/near the spray paint section...you only need to spray on one coat and since I did mine in like 80 degree weather outside they were dry in less than an hour.

Step 4:  you remove the stickers...I have discovered that the kind of stickers that work best are plastic stickers.  I used some cute daisy flower stickers but they were a papery kind and they work ok but take more effort to them get off...

Step 5:  get some twine to wrap around the top for decorative purposes and insert a tealight candle and....

sooo cute and festive...I ended up making about 20 of these to put outside on the deck. 

and was able to let the kids help.  One of my daughters designed this jar with an R for her first initial and even picked which beads to use.