Personalize your Crossover Cub and Boy Scout decorations with this fabulous two-step Popsicle stick craft.

What you'll need:

How to make it:

Scout Friend - Easy: (Directions for one child)

1. Print a sheet of Scout Friends on cardstock to use for the
   Scout friend.
2. Cut out the Scout Friends and hats. (Note: You will be using the picture of the child's head for this project.)
3. Cut 2 pieces of paper about 1" x 1 1/2" out of the cardstock. This will become the new stand.
4. Let the boys color in with crayons, colored pencils, or markers a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout uniform, including the hats. Note: The Cub Scout Friend has the diamond shaped rank badges on the pocket.
5. Lay one Scout face down on the table.
6. Cover with a layer of glue.
7. Take the piece of cardstock and fold in half (1" x 3/4"). Unfold. Place the cardstock at the feet of the friend with the fold facing up and at the bottom of the feet. Put some glue on the part of the card that is above the fold.
8. Place one Popsicle stick down the middle of the Scout Friend. Be sure that the Popsicle stick will stick up above the neck so that the face can be glued on.
9. Put glue on the back of the Popsicle stick.
10. Place another stand on top of the Popsicle stick, lining it up with the stand below. This time the fold goes down. (This will enable the Scout Friend to stand.)
11. Put some glue on the part of the card that is above the fold.
12. Place the other Scout Friend face up, matching the sides, top and bottom of the first Scout Friend below. Press together.
13. Let dry.
14. Meantime, work on making your Crossover Bridge for your Scout Friend to stand on.
15. Break a Popsicle stick to fit on the bottom of the stand. Glue in place. This gives the Scout Friend the ability to stand through the whole ceremony. (grin)
16. Cut out the face of the child in the pictures.
17. Glue a face to each side of the Scout Friend.
18. Glue a hat (make sure you put the right hat on with the uniform!) on the child's head.
19. Your Scout Friends are done!

Scout Friend - Difficult (on the computer):

1. Go to this page and save a copy of the Scout Friends graphic on your hard drive.
2. Open up the Scout Friends picture in your graphics program.
3. Using your graphics program, color in one uniform as a blue Cub Scout uniform (it has the rank badges on the pocket) and the other uniform as a tan Boy Scout uniform.
4. Save this graphic to disk.
5. Scan the pictures of each of the children. Size the heads in the pictures to match the size of the Scout Friends. (Option: Print out the Scout Friend, cut out the actual picture of the child, and glue the head on the Scout Friend and add the hat.)
6. Paste the head of a boy on BOTH the Cub Scout and the Boy Scout Friend.
7. Position the hats on the head of each Scout Friend.
8. Save this graphic under the child's name. (This is in case of printer malfunction!)
9. Print out the new Cub and Boy Scout Friend on cardstock.
10. Cut 2 pieces of paper about 1" x 1 1/2" out of the cardstock. This will become the new stand.
11. Cut out each Scout Friend.
12. Lay one Scout face down on the table.
13. Cover with a layer of glue.
14. Take the piece of cardstock and fold in half (1" x 3/4"). Unfold. Place the cardstock at the feet of the friend with the fold facing up and at the bottom of the feet. Put some glue on the part of the card that is above the fold.
15. Place one Popsicle stick down the middle of the Scout Friend. Be sure that the Popsicle stick will stick up above the neck so that the face can be glued on.
16. Put glue on the back of the Popsicle stick.
17. Place another stand on top of the Popsicle stick, lining it up with the stand below. This time the fold goes down. (This will enable the Scout Friend to stand.)
18. Put some glue on the part of the card that is above the fold.
19. Place the other Scout Friend face up, matching the sides, top and bottom of the first Scout Friend below. Press together.
20. Let dry.
21. Meantime, work on making your Crossover Bridge for your Scout Friend to stand on.
22. Break a Popsicle stick to fit on the bottom of the stand. Glue in place. This gives the Scout Friend the ability to stand through the whole ceremony. (grin)
23. Your Scout Friends are done!
24. Repeat for each child in the Den.

Tips:

If the picture supplied of the boy is not the correct size, the picture can be scanned and sized to the appropriate size.

The Paint program that is supplied with Windows works very well for this project.

Many thanks goes to Terri of Making Friends who allowed us to customize her Scout Friends and then share them with you.

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