Today's Cub Scout meeting consisted of two parts. Part one involved coloring eggs using soaked onion skins and nylons. After wrapped in a single layer of wet onion skin, the egg is placed at the bottom of a nylon stocking, and a knot is tied above it. More eggs are similarly wrapped and added until the nylon is full. Both Connor and Rowen did this with four eggs each. Some scouts with larger nylons were able to place a dozen eggs. Once the last knot is tied and the scout's name is written on the top (not an easy task--writing a name on wet nylon), the whole group is boiled. In the end, the shells have a golden or greenish decorative coloring.
The second part was an egg toss. Once again, I realized how much I have failed my sons in the teaching to catch and throw department. That said, they were still having a great deal of fun. Aside from a few broken eggs in the hand from catches, the three of us remained largely unscathed from the event. Connor, however, now wants to have an egg fight in the near future.
It might not sound like much, but it was actually a lot of fun.
The second part was an egg toss. Once again, I realized how much I have failed my sons in the teaching to catch and throw department. That said, they were still having a great deal of fun. Aside from a few broken eggs in the hand from catches, the three of us remained largely unscathed from the event. Connor, however, now wants to have an egg fight in the near future.
It might not sound like much, but it was actually a lot of fun.
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