Happy 100's Day!

Today was 100's day for Logan! He wanted to do something "huge" (gee, I wonder where he get's that from....!) so here he is, working on his project: (It only took 2.5 weeks. Not bad. To be fair, we only really worked on it for two Saturdays and Tuesday night. We were done one night early. Record!)

So, here it is. How to make a 4' x 8' caterpillar puzzle in 9 easy steps:

Step One: Trace 100 circles onto the wood, and then number from 1-100 so we don't lose track.
Step Two: Ask Dad nicely to cut out the pieces using the jigsaw and scroll saw. (Not pictured)

Step Three: Spray paint the caterpillar in tens with Dad.


Step 4: (Not pictured) Paint number 0-100 using a paint pen. (zero is is favorite number; we couldn't leave it out! Plus we sort of messed up. But that's neither here nor there...)

Step 5: Coerce your mom (ya, right!) to make a box for the puzzle out of duct tape. (Semi-pictured below...the red square on top of the green crate. You knew the duct tape had to be in here somewhere, didn't you?)

Step 6: Mix up the pieces and put it together again.

Step 7: Sort into piles by colors/tens and reflect about how you are SO much more organized than your mother. (Both order and inorder pictured below. )
Step 8: Set up the puzzle, and try t0 prevent your jelly faced sister from wrecking it as you go.

Step 9: Lay back and enjoy the fruits of your labor!
Good Job, on a great project, Logan!