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Pinewood Derby Medal

May 6, 2014 by Amy 2 Comments

For the last few years, I’ve cut wood slices to make placement medals for the local nature center’s annual Fly with the Flock fun run.  This year as I was cutting the wood slices for the fun run, I thought that they would be fun for a Cub Scout Pinewood Derby medal.  I volunteer with the local cub scouts, and whipped these up for the boys.  I think the boys liked their medals, glitter and all.  Although one boy thought the race car looked like a duck, oh well.

These medals are really easy to make and are really cheap.Cheap and Easy Pinewood derby medal  You’ll want to find some branches that have fallen or trimmed from a tree and have dried for some time.  It’s best if the wood is very dry.  A good size to look for is around 2 1/2″ –  3″ diameter branches.  You’ll also need string, glitter, Elmer’s glue and a foam brush.

Wood slices are really easy to cut on a band saw.  Trim any protruding branches off of the main branch.  Make the wood slices approximately 1/4″-ish thick, and steadily feed the branch into the blade.  You don’t need to push to hard, let the blade do the work.  If you don’t have a band saw, a miter saw or a table saw will work.  If you don’t have a band saw, hopefully you know a nice woodworker who does 🙂

Near the top of each medal, drill a small hole for the necklace string.pinewood derby medals cut wood slices

Next you’ll want to create the symbols that you want on the medal face.  I found this race car from clip art in Word.  The font is Gill Sans Ultra Bold.  The possibilities are endless.pinewood derby template

Once I came up with a design, I cut out a template with an X-acto knife.  I put the template on the wood slice and dabbed Elmer’s glue (the white kind kids use in school) on with a foam brush.  Then I removed the template and poured glitter on the face and tapped off the extra glitter.  Let the glue and glitter dry.  Once dry, I carefully removed the excess glitter with a vacuum hose.  I put a light coat of polyurethane on top, thinking that it might hold the glitter in place, but I don’t think it made a difference.

If glitter isn’t your thing, you can always write and draw on the medals with a sharpie.  That is what the nature center does with their fun run medals, and they turn out great.

To install the string, I folded a piece of string in half and threaded the fold through the hole.  Take the string ends and thread them through the string loop/fold and pull the ends tight, and tie the ends together.happy pinewood derby medal

My son was so thrilled with these medals, he can’t wait to be a big cub scout.  We made him a special medal.  We printed a picture of a race car and used mod podge to glue it onto the wood slice, he loves it.
Happy racing!derby medals display

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Filed Under: Clever Ideas, Crafts, Upcycle Tagged With: award, boys, car, cheap, cub scouts, DIY, free, glitter, medal, mod podge, pine, race, racing, scouts, wood slice

Attention: Any do-it-yourself project involves risk of some sort. Your tools, materials, and skills will vary, as will the conditions at your work site. Hertoolbelt LLC will not assume any responsibility or liability for damages or losses sustained or incurred in the course of your project or in the use of the item you create. Always follow the manufacturer's operating instructions in the use of tools, check and follow your local building codes, and observe all commonly accepted safety precautions.

Comments

  1. Kristihw says

    May 7, 2014 at 10:15 pm

    Your creativity never ceases to amaze me!

    Reply
  2. summerscraps says

    May 20, 2014 at 11:13 am

    What a fun idea – I bet the boys loved these!

    Reply

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