Making the Pinewood Derby Car

It's that time of year again....the pinewood derby is in a few weeks!! After Ethan's games, Bryan and Ethan began building their cars. Last week I bought a magazine at Michael's that gives a ton of tips on how to build your car and how to make it a winner. Ethan has been studying that magazine ever since. He made me a list of supplies, Bryan and I bought a kit at the scout store, and I found all the other miscellaneous stuff they needed.

One thing that the magazine suggested was that the dad and the son each build their own side-by-side. So Bryan demonstrates, on his car, what needs to happen and then Ethan does it himself on his car. That way the son is building his own car ALL BY HIMSELF.

After a quick run to HomeDepot to buy the right kind of saw (oops, my bad), they clamped their wood to the work table and began to saw their wood. Ethan loved this part because he said the huge saw made him feel "powerful!" Haha

Ethan had decided he wanted a simple wedge car. After he had the shape cut out, they taped sandpaper to the table and began to smooth it out. You can tell from the picture that Ethan is thrilled to be sanding. ;)
Here's Bryan inspecting Ethan's sanding job.
When Ethan finished sanding, he decided it was time for painting, but it was actually time for the boys to go to basketball practice. So they are taking a break but they will get back to the car and I will update the blog on their progress.