House of Cards

For the last few weeks, Kayden has been staying after school on Wednesdays to practice for a House of Cards competition that took place this last weekend. 

There were high school and middle school teams from all over the district. During their time after school, they had to come up with an idea of something to build, work out the details and then construct it. On the last meeting they had to practice constructing it from scratch in 2 hours to do a trial run for the competition. 

When we arrived, each team was given decks of cards, drafting dots, scissors, a hole punch, and markers. (they are allowed to use paints or other decoration, but nothing else to hold the cards together and decoration doesn't count in the judging)  And then they are given 2 hours to build. It was actually quite incredible the things that were made.

Kayden and the rest of his team were all new to this. But they did a great job. Their idea was to make a fast food tray with all the stuff on it. Cheeseburger, fries, drink, ice cream cone, and the prize that came with the meal.

 Another team from his school decided to replicate the painting, "Dogs Playing Poker", it was hilarious and amazing. They actually won 1st place in the middle school division.

 Don't you just love the hand of cards in the dog's paw?

These are just a few of the other creations that caught my eye. There was a big difference in the middle school creations compared to the high school ones. They have obviously had some experience at it.

 This dragon was unbelievable and won 1st place for the high schoolers. I couldn't even get back to get a picture of it completed. Once it started taking shape the table was surrounded. The eyes even lit up.

I just can't believe how creative these kids were and how they were able to pull these things together. Maybe we will have to have our own competition, although I am not sure that I could build much more than a tiny house.