Plastic Lace and Pony Beads.

Brett had Cub Scout Day Camp last week. Well, Brett and I and Brad had Cub Scout Day Camp last week. Day Camp is close, inexpensive, fun and a nice way to knock off a LOT of requirements for each Cub rank.

There is a downside, however.

Crafts.

I'm not really a crafty person. Yes, I scrapbook. Yes, I garden. But honestly, my scrapbooking is more of a formula than an art. And gardening? Well, seriously, that's just genetic.

The crafts at Day Camp were (lucky for me) thought up and presented by someone else. They were very cute (like a little pull-back car made of a styrofoam bowl) and practical (like a nifty little bird feeder). But several involved plastic lace and pony beads. I just don't have the patience for that stuff. The plastic lace is impossible for 7 year old boys to tie properly and pony beads end up all over the ground. Boys cry. Den leaders who aren't crafty get frustrated.

But the boys (my boy especially) love Day Camp so that makes it worth it to me.