How to Make a Flying Bird Mechanical Toys
TheDadLab (140+ Episodes)
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Explore how a string can spin a wooden skewer with this easy craft!⠀
MATERIALS:⠀
- Small empty drink carton⠀
- Paper straw⠀
- Wooden skewer⠀
- String⠀
- Washers⠀
- Paper and markers⠀
- Hot glue⠀
- Boxcutter⠀
- Scissors⠀
INSTRUCTIONS:⠀
(1) Cut the bottom of the carton, and then cut the top section in half. Put the top and bottom together.⠀
(2) Pierce holes in the sides of the top part of the carton and put small pieces of straw in, hot glueing them down. Put a skewer through both straws. ⠀
(3) Put a hole in the bottom of the carton. Take a piece of string and weave it through the bottom hole. Wind the string a few times around the skewer, and then pierce a hole through the top and thread it through. Tie the ends with washers. ⠀
(4) Glue paper wings onto the exposed skewer and decorate it, so the box looks like a bird.⠀
(5) When you hold the top washer, the bird will fly down to the bottom!⠀
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