Too Wet to Cut Wheat

What do you do when it's too wet to harvest wheat and baseball games keep getting cancelled? According to Chelan and Caiden:
1. Watch YouTube video about "How to Make Rope"
2. Rig up a contraption to twist twine into rope
3. Make a rope!

I can't even begin to fathom how their brains work - mine is definitely not wired the same way. I couldn't possibly imagine watching a video and then actually carrying it out - all in one evening!

They were quite pleased with their first attempt. The second and third tries have been even better! I have a feeling there may be many more father/son challenges these two take on!

There are some gears mounted on that board, powered by a drill. In this
picture, they were twisting it manually.

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