Yoda

My son and I are members of Scouts Canada; he is a cub scout and I am a scout leader.

During these difficult times when in-person scouting is prohibited, Scouts Canada and Scouters across the country have gone above and beyond to ensure that the youth stay engaged and continue to participate in scouting activities. They have created virtual programming and events, such as virtual campfires, Trash the Trash challenge, hiking challenges and a collection of learning events.

Most recently, my son and I participated in a Facebook live tutorial "Paracord 2.0 with Scouter Rob Ramsden". The tutorial showed us how to make a Baby Yoda keychain. After registration, Scouter Rob mailed to us the supplies we needed and two Virtual Venturing crests for our campfire blanket. 

If you are asking what is a campfire blanket, it is a blanket where you attach all the crests for the different events in which you participated. It is like a scrapbook on a blanket or a memory quilt.

My 9 year old cub and I were excited to create a Yoda keychain from paracord. The project was a little more difficult than expected. We stretched the project over a few days, breaking it down into parts: the head; the body; the arms, ears and attaching to the clasp. 

Mine is on the left and his is on the right

We are both proud of the results and learned two new knots; the monkey's fist and the cobra knot.

Click here if you would like to make your own Baby Yoda keychain. 

I saw other related videos on YouTube that we may try: Thor's hammer, and The Mandalorian.