Curiosity, Intrigue, an Magical Mysteries
I loved doing this one with my son. They have to perform a Magic Show!!!
Ok, getting ahead of myself.
Requirement 1: Learn a Magic Trick and practice it for a show.
We started off doing the trick shown in the book, which was hard for my son but he got it down. But since we knew he had a show to do, we went to the Boys Life website on the Magic in a Minute section and just looked up some there. We picked 5 different ones and decided those were the ones he would learn for the show.
Requirement 2: Create an Invitation to a Magic Show
I just took a piece of printer paper, cut it in half and brought out the crayons. He drew some harts, called the show LJ'S Amazing Awesomeness or some such thing. Make sure it has the date (ours was Thanksgiving), a place and a time.
Requirement 3: Put on a Magic show for an audience
The moment my son was waiting for! He practiced all week for this and messed up only once. Did he have fun? He said he did but he certainly rushed through it. But the good thing is with family, they supported him, clapping at every trick he did. Will he do another show anytime soon? Probably not by choice.
Requirement 4: Create a Secret Code
We looked online to see what kind of codes we could make. We used lemon juice and wrote Tigers Rule. Im guessing my lightbulbs were not hot enough to make it show because the paper remained blank. So then I had him use the alphabet #'s.. A=1 B=2, ect And he made a code.
Requirement 5: With your Den, crack a code you did not make.
Yeah, we cracked the code that was in the book. Then I made my son practice more at home with the codes in the Boys Life Magazine.
Requirement 6: Spell your name using sign Language and in Braille.
My son has 2 letters to his name so this made it a little easier. The signing he got down fast but the braille was a little harder. Funny fact: my son ended up checking out a Braille book from the library. Of course it had words written in white but the rest of the book was black. And to "see" the pictures and some words, you had to "read" with your fingers. It was HARD! Great for educational purposes.
Requirement 7: Science Demo on how magic works
Yeah, we followed the wonderful directions... and we had water go everywhere! Maybe it was the cardboard? I don't know. But after 2 separate tries, we gave up.
Requirement 8: What did you learn from your science demo?
My son wrote NOTHING...LOL
If you would like to help James in his scouting adventures, please click Here
Thank you
Requirement 2: Create an Invitation to a Magic Show
I just took a piece of printer paper, cut it in half and brought out the crayons. He drew some harts, called the show LJ'S Amazing Awesomeness or some such thing. Make sure it has the date (ours was Thanksgiving), a place and a time.
Requirement 3: Put on a Magic show for an audience
The moment my son was waiting for! He practiced all week for this and messed up only once. Did he have fun? He said he did but he certainly rushed through it. But the good thing is with family, they supported him, clapping at every trick he did. Will he do another show anytime soon? Probably not by choice.
Requirement 4: Create a Secret Code
We looked online to see what kind of codes we could make. We used lemon juice and wrote Tigers Rule. Im guessing my lightbulbs were not hot enough to make it show because the paper remained blank. So then I had him use the alphabet #'s.. A=1 B=2, ect And he made a code.
Requirement 5: With your Den, crack a code you did not make.
Yeah, we cracked the code that was in the book. Then I made my son practice more at home with the codes in the Boys Life Magazine.
Requirement 6: Spell your name using sign Language and in Braille.
My son has 2 letters to his name so this made it a little easier. The signing he got down fast but the braille was a little harder. Funny fact: my son ended up checking out a Braille book from the library. Of course it had words written in white but the rest of the book was black. And to "see" the pictures and some words, you had to "read" with your fingers. It was HARD! Great for educational purposes.
Requirement 7: Science Demo on how magic works
Yeah, we followed the wonderful directions... and we had water go everywhere! Maybe it was the cardboard? I don't know. But after 2 separate tries, we gave up.
Requirement 8: What did you learn from your science demo?
My son wrote NOTHING...LOL
If you would like to help James in his scouting adventures, please click Here
Thank you
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