Hi Everyone! I have one small piece of medium leather hanging out for a year that came with my forge, still haven’t thought of what to do with it, and have NO other leather working supplies, so no staining/finishing/sealing/hardware, etc. Well, I’ve been playing this game with my son called Kaboom!, I think I originally came across it on Pinterest or something. Essentially, you write sight words (or math problems if you want to do math, etc.) on one end of Popsicle sticks and a few that say KABOOM. Take turns drawing sticks, if they know the word, they keep the stick, if they don’t, you teach them and put it back (of course, I get added learning if I pretend once in a while to not know it and let him keep MY stick if he does) If Kaboom is drawn, they put all their sticks back in the can. Because someone will always eventually draw Kaboom and put sticks back in the can, it could go on forever.
Been using a toilet paper roll that I had covered the bottom of, but there’s at least 100 sight words, and I needed something bigger to hold that many (adding 10 a week, the same 10 he learns in school that week). Well, I came across the “No-Sew Cylindrical Leather Container” in the catalog and thought that would be perfect. So I drew up this engrave design with a Kaboom graphic and 100 sight words all over it. I do think the sticks are taller than the canister, though, so I don’t believe the lid top will go on.
Unfortunately, my leather piece appears to be just a hair small, probably livable if the edges of the scallops get trimmed a little, but I’m not sure I’m entirely committed to using my one piece for it. But I didn’t want the design to go unused, I’m all for helping kids learn, so if you can use it, by all means, please enjoy!