Last Thursday was our first day back from the break and our first meeting of the New Year! For our meeting, we reviewed some knife safety rules and the boys got to share their soap carvings that they completed at home. It was so fun to see how the soap had taken shape for everyone!
After we finished the soap carving, the boys got to try their hands at carving balsa wood! The scouts who brought their knives with them were kind enough to share with the boys who had not so that they could try what it felt like to carve on the wood. Some stuck with it, but a lot of the boys were happy to back to carving soap again. :) Requirement 3 is that the boys complete 2 carvings, but they are welcome to do one soap and one wood or both soap -- either is fine. If they are carving wood, we talked about the fact that their carving doesn't have to have a certain shape -- it's just an opportunity for them to try their hand at different whittling techniques, such as the stop cut illustrated in their handbooks.
The boys will need to bring their completed carving to tomorrow's meeting so that they can share them with the rest of the den. That will complete their Bear Claws required adventure and they will earn the belt loop for the next award ceremony!
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