Leavenworth Nutcracker Day
"Come and celebrate the Nutcracker. There is no other tool or collectible like it"
First Place - Grades 1 through 6Olyn SchultzThe nut is placed under the dowel in a pit on the base, then is cracked when the stone hammer strikes the top of the dowel. |
Second Place ~ Grades 1 through 6Kaia Tande, Eliza Tveton, Naomi TvetonA rock is tied between two sticks which are fastened to a hinge. This forms a lever which will drop the rock onto the nut. |
First Place ~ Grades 7 though 9Cate BaileyThe nut is cracked between two pieces of petrified wood when the pressure from the spring is released. |
Second Place ~ Grades 7 through 9Estefaney Vazquez, Karina AlejandreThe nut is placed in a recessed circle on the large block and is cracked as the smaller block slides down the dowels. |
First Place ~ Grades 10 through 12James Young, Luke HafermannA very creative nutcracker! The sloth, with weighted head, slides down the tree trunk cracking the hard shell of the nut. |
Second Place ~ Grades 10 through 12Will PiersThe eagle head and neck is lifted and nut is placed inside the hole carved in the body. Striking the head will then crack the nut. |
735 Front St.
Leavenworth,
WA
1-509-548-4573
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