Kevin Griffith lead a boat-building SMORG, with participants bringing home a vessel ready to be painted—and perhaps wrapped up for a holiday gift. From left, Kevin Griffith, Ben Burton, Brandon Henderson and Tyler McKenney.

Darren French, education coordinator at the Wilson Museum, leading a “cocoa ice cream” SMORG, that included a story and making hand-cranked chocolate ice cream—at which point the room became quite crowded. “We had to eat it as soon as it was done…They didn’t seem to mind,” said French. From left, Grace Harman, India Janes, Nora Spratt, Taylor Evans, Sebastian Blackwood, Tavian Tingley and Wilson Museum’s education coordinator Darren French.