Sorry, I was just trying to see it from Leno’s point of view. Didn’t mean any offense. Thanks for being so diplomatic.
The comments about the Pinewood Derby hit home—I was a leader in a church group of boys about thirty years ago and we tried this for the first time.
We had visions of helping the boys paint and put wheels on their derby cars. When we opened our order, we were shocked to find a box full of wooden blocks.
We didn’t know you had to carve the shape of the cars yourself.
My husband was the official Wooden Block Carver for the Cub Scout pack.
He has a nice bandsaw in the garage. So the kids all started on an even basis, we had a Car Design session at our house -- The kids drew their design in pencil on the top and sides of the block, and hubby took each block to the bandsaw and cut out the design. All sanding, painting, etc. was done by the kids. The Cubs did quite well visualizing the 3-D effect on the block (a bunch of budding sculptors? maybe.) I really liked the one that put a little Happy Meal toy in the driver's seat - cute!
We had a separate event for the parents, so that the kids could do their own cars without being interfered with by well meaning parents.
My husband's car was a hoot - he painted it dead black, and I inscribed in gold paint the RingWraiths' slogan from Lord of the Rings around the sides. On top it said "Nazgul - Nine Horsepower".
He won with it, too (but that was due to the super-duper chemist's mixture on the axles, not the decor.)