Dylan wanted to add a new product to his sweet shop range, after a slight lull in business activity. In line with the ‘A Million Hands’ initiative by The Scout Association, he came up with the following design:
We worked on the development of a resistant mould that would accommodate hot, liquid sugar (using silicone sealant, oil and cornflour), and today managed to realise his design into these prototypes:

Left to right: Strawberry lolly with fizzy strawberry sherbet; Lemon lolly with fizzy lemon sherbet; Chocolate lolly with fizzy lemon sherbet. We still need to work out the costings..
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Following a survey about favourite seasonal communication design (set as homework by his school), Dylan has now adapted his initial card/flyer design, had feedback on the initial work-in-progress from the Cranfield Speakers taste testing focus group and an offer of help from his old nursery carer – thank you guys, we’re into development mode at the weekend!
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18th Feb 2014: Light v Dark Experiment
Day 18 of a 30-day Post-A-Healthy-Picture challenge &
Day 5 of the 1st Stony Stratford Beaver Scouts Chickpea Experiment!
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A creation from the first night away with Beaver and Cub Scouts – a movie of an unfortunate situation involving a legless Lego man and a fun size Mars bar racing car with Jelly Baby driver at the Smartie wheel.
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