It's not easy being a Cub Scout leader, but few things in life will be as rewarding. Crafts, parties and other events excite the troops, and you are probably finding yourself constantly exhausting your resources for new ideas to incorporate so things don't get boring. If you haven't made them before, consider a simple project of making Cub Scout napkin rings. Does this Spark an idea?
Uses
If you are planning a party or event for your troops that will involve dining, you can use specially designed Cub Scout napkin rings as a way to make the table more festive and relevant to the troop. If you can't make them all yourself, you can make napkin rings a craft project for the troop. Let the boys make them for their own parties, or let them make napkin rings relevant to a special day, like Thanksgiving, to bring home and share with the family.
Napkin Ring Forms
If you're looking for a base for your napkin ring craft, look no further than your own bathroom. Use a cardboard tube from a toilet paper or paper towel roll to make the rings that you can decorate. If you don't have enough, rally the troops to collect them from home and bring them in at the next meeting. Snip the tubes into 2 inch sections for your craft. Alternately, cut thick cardboard into strips and tape them into tube forms.
Design
There are many Cub Scout themes you can draw from to make your napkin ring holders. If the rings are to be used at a dinner event, write the name of each child on a ring so it doubles as a place card. Alternately, paint them gold and paste a small cut-out image of a webelos, tiger or bear head onto the front to mimic the gold neckerchief slide of the scout uniform. If the kids are making napkin rings as a craft, let them design miniature badges to affix to the front of the ring.
Materials
You can paint your napkin rings with an acrylic craft paint, and decorate them with paint as well. Alternately, you can wrap them in ribbon or paper to cover the cardboard, then glue a band of thin ribbon or ric-rac around it to give it some pizazz. If making decorations for the front of the ring, use cardstock or craft foam with paint pens, rubber stamps or stickers. A little dab of clear-drying craft glue will hold all of the elements together.
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