Afternoon Project

My husband has always been into building things and he hasn't had a fun project for a while so last Saturday he said, "I need some glue."  So we headed to the store to get some school glue.  I kept asking questions about what he was up to and the only answer I got was, "glueing cardboard."

He glued four layers of cardboard together and let the boys paint it brown.  He then put a hole in it, taped a black garbage bag on it, cut holes in it and put string through a plastic lid and strapped on.  Add a leaf blower and ....

Shazam!  You have a homemade hoover craft.  I was very impressed and it made for an entertaining evening.  The duct tape had a hard time and required some repair but it was a functioning hoover craft.  I couldn't believe he'd pulled the design out of his head and he later admitted to having looked at some designs online.

In the end I'm still really impressed with this afternoon project and the kids loved having a project to work on with their dad.  Meanwhile, I was reading a book and enjoying watching the three most important people in my life grin from ear to ear.