Critters Creative Inventions and Robotics build-it-yourself

1. Critters Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-yourself.com Hard Heads Air Heads Nut Heads Heads Get Started Eyes Hair Necks Hands and Feet Bodies

2. Making Critters Many moons into the future, lived a crew of colorful, creative critters. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

3. Making Critters Hard Heads, Air Heads and Nut Heads … These advanced humanoids evolved from the piles of garbage left by a world full of uncivilized, nat-brained humans. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

4. Making Critters Build-It-Yourself crew members are on a mission to morph premium quality junk into a new generation of super hero-oids. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

5. Making Critters You’ll need these tools: Scissors Ruler Black Sharpie Pen Red, Green, Blue pencils Scotch Tape Glue Gun www.build-it-yourself.com Next

6. Making Critters And you’ll need some premium quality junk: Pipe Cleaners 2”x4” sheets of paper Cloth Beads Nuts Rocks Feathers Yarn Foamies www.build-it-yourself.com Next

7. Making Critters You will be able to experiment with many creative possibilities if you make all the parts for your critter before you glue or tape them together. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

8. Making Critters Exaggerating (especially eyes and hands) can help your critter have soul! www.build-it-yourself.com Home

9. Big Soulful Eyes • Draw a set of BIG eyes from a piece of white paper or foam rubber. • Add a touch of color. ½” Goofy Stupid Surprised www.build-it-yourself.com Next

10. Big Soulful Eyes ½” Goofy Press Space Bar to continue www.build-it-yourself.com Next

11. Big Soulful Eyes ½” Stupid Press Space Bar to continue www.build-it-yourself.com Next

12. Big Soulful Eyes • Much of the soul of your critter is in the eyes. Make them carefully! • 4. Can you can see them from a distance? ½” Mean Happy Cute www.build-it-yourself.com Home

13. Big Soulful Eyes ½” Mean Press Space Bar to continue www.build-it-yourself.com Next

14. Big Soulful Eyes ½” Happy Press Space Bar to continue www.build-it-yourself.com Next

15. Big Soulful Eyes ½” Cute Press Space Bar to continue www.build-it-yourself.com Next

16. Do a Due • Cut a piece 6” long. • Wind 10 loops of yarn around your fingers. • 3. Tie the string in the center. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

17. Do a Due • Cut the 2 loops • Glue or tape it onto your head and give your critter a hair cut. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

18. Do a Due Cut hair out of two strips of paper. You generally get a more interesting result if you use 2 slightly different colors. www.build-it-yourself.com Home Next

19. Do a Due Feathers, pipe cleaners or wire can also be used for hair. www.build-it-yourself.com Home

20. Air Heads From a cylinder shape. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

21. Air Heads • First draw a face and color the hair. • Cut slits in the top so you can bend the hair. 1½” 4” Cut Hair www.build-it-yourself.com Next

22. Tape Pipe Cleaner Air Heads • 3. Wrap the paper to form a cylinder. • 4. Tape a 6” pipe cleaner to the head. This will be the neck. • 5. Wind the pipe cleaner around a pencil to make a neck. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

23. Air Heads From a cone shape. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

24. Air Heads • Cut a piece of paper 2” x 4”. 2” 2. Wrap the paper like an ice cream cone. 4” 4. Trim it. 3. Tape it. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

25. Nut Heads Who wouldn’t warm up to a nut head? www.build-it-yourself.com Next

26. Hard Heads A small rock can work too. www.build-it-yourself.com Home

27. Necks • Wrap a pipe cleaner around a pencil. • Curl the end so you have a large area to tape or glue the neck to the head. 3. This neck enables you to mount your head on any small shaft like a pencil. 4. Also this neck enables your head to move. www.build-it-yourself.com Home

28. Critter Body Arms and legs for a large critter • Don’t be shy about exaggerating the hands and feet. • If you glue big hands and feet onto the ends of a long pipe cleaner, you will have lots of flexibility to wrap the arms and legs around your critter and make them move. www.build-it-yourself.com Home

29. Critter Body Arms, legs and body for a small critter 1. Twist three 6” pipe cleaners together in the center. Bend the arms and legs out. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

30. Critter Body 2. Cut out a 6” x 3” piece of colorful cloth. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

31. Critter Body 3. Bend the 6” x 3” cloth in the middle. You’ll have a 3” square. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

32. Critter Body 4. At the bend, cut out a small hole for the neck. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

33. Critter Body 5. Cut out a shirt. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

34. Critter Body 6. Cut out a shirt. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

35. Critter Body 7. Put it on the pipe cleaner skeleton. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

36. Critter Body • Roll the neck pipe cleaner so you can glue your hard head on. • 9. Bend the ends of the arms and legs to make hands and feet. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

37. Critter Body 10. Bend the tail back so your critter can stand on 2 legs and its tail. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

38. Critter Body 11. Tie a belt around your shirt. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

39. Critter Body 12. Bend the ends of your arms and legs 13. You could glue some shoes or hands on. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

40. Finished Critters Mount your critters in a truck, boat, rocket ship or any invention. Your critter will help you develop a consistent scale for your invention. www.build-it-yourself.com Next

41. Finished Critters Try your own designs! www.build-it-yourself.com Home