We have sand all over our dining room and have been hard at pyramid building for about 3 weeks now (and we're so glad that it's out of the house now and we can clean everything up)...
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...it started with a lot of math...
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...figuring squares and right angles and acute angles...
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...and triangles that would be the perfect height...
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...to come together...
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...and form a perfect pyramid...
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...then Scout spread glue over the pyramid...
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...and wrapped it with yarn...
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...because yarn should be part of every project - right...
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...er...um...right...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bLCu6qG350lJuUhU-msmzg316bRtB5w1D2rOLwBgPalI3-QPqNeo2Psgv90HOEioz4tZP7B3MVEg_qxyoIAMgmi545txHlFfY4rCijrxA9HoR745cJpPZTaSs1cdzq6e0lb0/s400/102_1411a.JPG)
...then he made some smaller polyhedrons for the 'wive's pyramids' - which he promptly covered with papier-mâché...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElMhXAk1FXcFDUFXRb8MbGBPahlV6SvxyRTjcmCXEl_MqQ3SoQRlEdWvkj4bLLwjBiHVGcBWABBIcPf5EqPu3-AWErOMDaBazuoji0z3AM6yWG7zlj7xKH6OKO-tXA57UKY7E/s400/102_1414a.JPG)
...now you can see what the yarn was for - yarn covered with papier-mâché looks just like rows of bricks - now you know...
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...next, he painted everything the colour of sand...
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...then he cut open one side of the pyramid - of course the inside of the pyramid has to be furnished...
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...while waiting for Confirmation class at the Church to start - he gathered some grass and made some little Egyptian boats - you see every spare moment has been consumed by this project...
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...next he painted all the pyramids with glue...
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...that's a sticky job...
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...and took them out to the garage where they got a sand shower - now we have sand all over the house...
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...the mortuary temple needed a little more artwork before he was ready for his sand bath - columns had to be drawn on the interior...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9dVpPtV9vaLg06y8jakXiaHEJAprHnSdN0mzCVvROoMyuRRci2pcE5gkNPWrR-a5HS75wC9KEvl7ev5NmlxEsRUhFJ3aFNbD_awFkr4A2RJE5_IJtyuEtmqbpEcuguYDaqTf/s400/102_1456a.JPG)
...then we mixed up some salt dough and Scout carved out the interior of the pyramid - galleries, false tombs, true tombs, air shafts, escape shafts - it's all in there...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkO92tUz-hKbkeZd9AFI1i1OmjsiklJXisMhlG6OQcWfysAF-8MAJw4c435c5s1O1mjiZOaJ8ashBCAHo32HyGfgDnaXHNTqfURLave89Qil8lKpunQqwZFkssiV04KjNmJ7oS/s400/102_1459a.JPG)
...he painted the Nile River on the base with some glue tinted with food colouring - this dries to a clearish watery looking river...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSIVesrTo9Nhrwg7znbXfP7AaWbzqvDWRYgnAOigWHJcf0gBKT1cQaB021F0javGTptHPCNZKvdWDj8BOF-tzm1yrRYN8XaZPnorZhOI2F4Zyzj5rny-T1ONGLgtvLQWmFquJ/s400/102_1468a.JPG)
...he formed a salt dough sarcophagus and painted it gold...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVDAnoa7hYFpHoPu-njyg4mKNDr3Fogu724uDgGWgSba_A2hgHmqCxxzyLfY51L7g3XgwQXvUyxS81wI1V3-i-OJJpEgWnfDV5x01V-RPxxlZnIIP8x9IUieLOAMymvjh2lxa/s400/102_1475a.JPG)
...he painted the interior salt dough slab...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjAnHVRGDnkykzWovYe1JwW2f5Gk5XFtXUrZzMLoKvbFoJYMVg-hPSsmg_2ltfzxXg108yznUtgsKcSojnwELAsqR6sLxkV8_7tX0rAojme8VwT7S_dnIN2Dd5Ip91dkjbS8m/s400/102_1476a.JPG)
...added a box for the true burial chamber complete with heiroglyphics (they're visible in the grand gallery as well) - and hot glued in some supporting slabs...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRCqADLIocxwSsE7MRJRB9-NtSOm1N0902_c0Wn1dhnVFf5XkdY8m-IfrcEtyOn9fPijLroDNtoKcKGHx0qkVfD8a_NDFayTyd00bvPz8RLnOcajk85bpgo7Wo75HmLqDYs4t/s400/102_1487a.JPG)
...he labeled everything on the interior and popped it into place inside the pyramid...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChd3LtRa-v4DiYpnAGf96iKUqakSQ8B1ON5g0iW3UXsD8K1o6Py6p_Y-8fASJGJtc5o07LJOACsDmWOzzBG-fcJ_xnoJgJTBhxKv_-9XUQBvInIuMZA3WFG-HAVENzcHOokFm/s400/102_1479a.JPG)
...Scout labeled everything outside - and put the capstone in place...
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...he is so proud of his finished project...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7rhAjX8fKcCb0-gccItfkNEgibTy9LRRuLLQ1Nu7ymozsFWxUde_mCbb_sUkHWMeVKqrAHtEHdODV2heMq3MhViT38G7nBFn0IjrehDaeooPJvQmdgc2Ct2imzAT0SXDlaBe/s400/102_1484a.JPG)
...he added several extra labels - things that weren't on the required list...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrHPnw4ieH18pb5o03rR30ntu0MoR0KxHyKuaJIvMmZi6RN-XgNGs2F6b7EM5MZ-mIMD4X2XUcHwQbQoD3hrGUCs-EGwhCAe7BgJdXyUuO1mDfCQGXwCmNLzzbnpT0MP29JQ1/s400/102_1488a.JPG)
...and typed (have I mentioned how awesome it is that he can type!) a little note explaining how to open the pyramid - a super neat little trick - you lift the capstone and pull down the side...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZUgG9gtp9s1BL3ew3N_LnHK7l6I4FWCRMogrtlZ9qMknvo-kDmHtRCIyFMcZg1Q5g765tk9MAS6E_tq6qcA30m1JhJRInM-rblohG0KZD0PnOnyapAdxv7o_Q6fcTrlxSGT86/s400/102_1489a.JPG)
...an aerial view...