How To Make A (Girlie) Pinewood Derby Car.

Behold the power of glitter!
Feast your eyes on the amazing pink Pinewood Derby cars!
Stun the menfolk in the Cub Pack with a Barbie and Hello Kitty car!

These are the Pinewood entries for myself (the Hello Kitty car, complete with glittered wheels) and my girlfriend R (the Barbie head car, complete with sail-like ponytail).

Warning--this is not technical. This is so that any Pinewood Derby novice (cough cough...or MOM) can build a Pinewood car of her very own. Why should the boys get all the fun???

Here's what you do:

Start with a Pinewood Derby car kit. Cut car down to a classic wedge shape. Buy  weights,  Hello Kitty stickers, and rhinestone stickers. Sand liberally. 

Buy spray paint in a girlie color. I chose Valspar Frosty Berry. Oh-buy glitter. 

close up of the stickers and rhinestones. 

Sand the classic wedge shape smooth, spray paint it.  It will take a few coats. 

Tape off the "tread" portion of the wheels. Spray paint them pink and sprinkle on copious amounts of glitter while the paint is wet. Giggle to yourself because your Pack has never seen glittered wheels before!

Add rhinestone BLING and stickers to car. 

Pink sparkly wheels waiting  for the axles to be graphited. Yes, that's a word. 

Et VOILA!  My lovely Hello Kitty car, which I've named "Pretty in Pink." And yes, that's an 80's reference if you're paying attention. The fact that I got eyerolls from several of the men-folk of the Pack is really my reward. If R's Barbie car or my Hello Kitty car should win the adult race? The icing on the cake. The PINK cake.

This post linked to A Bowl Full of Lemons