air head critters creative inventions and robotics
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Air Head CrittersCreative Inventions and Robotics
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Many moons into the future,lived a crew of colorful, creative critters.
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These advanced humanoids evolved from the piles of garbage left by a
world full of uncivilized, nat-brained humans.
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Build-It-Yourself crew members are on a mission to morph premium quality junk
into a new generation of super hero-oids.
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You’ll need these tools:
ScissorsRulerBlack Sharpie PenRed, Green, Blue pencilsScotch TapeGlue Gun
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And you’ll need some premium quality junk:
Pipe Cleaners2”x4” sheets of paperClothBeadsNutsRocksCorksFeathersYarnFoamies
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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.
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From a cylinder shape.
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1. First draw a face and color the hair.
2. Cut slits in the top so you can bend the hair.
1½”
4”
Cut Hair
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3.Wrap the paper to form a cylinder.
Tape
Pipe Cleaner
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.
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From a cone shape.
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1. Cut a piece of paper 2” x 3”.
2. Wrap the paper like an ice cream cone.
3. Tape it.
4. Trim it.
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1. Draw a set of BIG eyes from a piece of white paper or foam rubber.
2. Add a touch of color.
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StupidGoofy Surprised
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Goofy
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½”
Stupid
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3. Much of the soul of your critter is in the eyes. Make them carefully!
4. Can you can see them from a distance?
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Mean Happy
Cute
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Mean
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½”
Happy
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Cute
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1. Cut a piece of yarn 6” long.
2. Wind 10-20 loops around your fingers.
3. Position the string sections
4.Tie the string in the center.
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5. Cut the 2 loops 6. Glue or tape it onto your head and give your critter a hair cut.
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Cut hair out of two strips of paper. You generally get a more interesting result if you use 2 slightly different colors.
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Feathers, pipe cleaners or wire can also be used for hair.
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1. Wrap a pipe cleaner around a pencil.
3. This neck enables you to mount your head on any small shaft like a pencil.
2. Curl the end so you have a large area to tape or glue the neck to the head.
4. Also this neck enables your head to move.
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1. Don’t be shy about exaggerating the hands and feet.
2. 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.
Arms and legs for a large critter
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Create you own designs!