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Critters Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-yourself.com. Critter Supplies. Nuts, cork, small rock, paper or card stock. 1” x 1” piece of white card stock. Three 6” pipe cleaners. Colorful beads 6” x 3” colorful cloth. 12” string, yarn or ribbon. www.build-it-yourself.com.
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Critters Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Supplies • Nuts, cork, small rock, paper or card stock. • 1” x 1” piece of white card stock. • Three 6” pipe cleaners. • Colorful beads • 6” x 3” colorful cloth. • 12” string, yarn • or ribbon. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Head • Let’s start by making a head. www.build-it-yourself.com
Big Soulful Eyes • Draw a set of BIG eyes from a piece of white card board or foam rubber. Add a touch of color. ½” www.build-it-yourself.com
Big Soulful Eyes • Much of the personality of your critter is in the eyes. • Make them carefully! • Make them big! ? ½” www.build-it-yourself.com
Air Heads • Try clever combinations of using paper cones to make head shapes. www.build-it-yourself.com
Air Heads • Try making a head from plain paper or card stock. • First draw a face and color the hair. 1½” 4” Cut Hair • Cut slits in the top so you can bend the hair. www.build-it-yourself.com
Air Heads • Wrap the paper in the form of a cone. • A 6” pipe cleaner will serve as a neck. • Tape it all together! Tape Pipe Cleaner www.build-it-yourself.com
Do a Due • Now let’s make some hair. • Wind about 10 loops of yarn around 3 fingers. • Tie the string in the center. www.build-it-yourself.com
Do a Due • Cut the 2 loops. • Viola … you’ve got a head of hair!!! www.build-it-yourself.com
Do a Due • Glue the hair on your head head and give it a hair cut. • Now let’s make the body. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Twist three 6” pipe cleaners together in the center. Bend the arms and legs out. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Cut out a 6” x 3” piece of colorful cloth. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Bend the 6” x 3” cloth in the middle. You’ll have a 3” square. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • At the bend, cut out a small hole for the neck. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Cut out a shirt. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Cut out a shirt. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Put it on the pipe cleaner skeleton. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Roll the neck pipe cleaner so you can glue your hard head on. • Bend the ends of the arms and legs to make hands and feet. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Bend the tail back so your critter can stand on 2 legs and its tail. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Tie a belt around your shirt. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critter Body • Bend the ends of your arms and legs • You could glue some shoes or hands on. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critters • Glue the head on your body and put it in your contraption. www.build-it-yourself.com
Critters Try your own designs! www.build-it-yourself.com