I found this idea on Pinterest a couple days ago and thought it would be a great indoor activity for us since our nice weather suddenly turned back to the typical rainy gray weather the pacific northwest is known for. I saved a couple of our toilet paper rolls and a bunch of bottled water
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Junk modelling ideas to inspire creative kids: make a junk model giraffe
This aspiring model-maker creates amazing sci-fi robots and mechs out of trash, old electronics, and bits of plastic.
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Today I'm going to share a surprisingly fun and addicting (non-sewing!) project introduced to my family by my creative brother J. Clark... And everyone gets into the process -- me, my husband, and the kids! Today I am sharing a ship my husband is working on. But first -- did you know that the original Star Wars spaceships were made through a process known as "kitbashing," where you take different model kits and mix up the pieces to create a completely different model? Well, today's project is somewhat inspired by that idea... except it's a much simpler, cheaper, dollar-store-esque version! Basic Supplies You May Want: ~ Glue -- E6000 is ideal, but hot glue works okay ~ phillips screwdrivers in various sizes -- mostly small ~ drill -- you may be able to screw your ship together ~ glue dots -- to test out configurations before permanent gluing ~ spray paint ~ junk! raid your "donations" box, hit the thrift stores, and find interesting dollar store items! Note: By the nature of the project, this cannot be a detail-specific tutorial. It's all about getting ideas! About "junk" -- You are looking for any interesting toys or electronics you can take apart and use the pieces from. It is impossible to plan your ship until you're already elbow-deep in the process, so just look for things that look plausible as spacecraft parts. Bust out your screwdrivers and start taking things apart! Be sure to keep all your screws -- you may want them if you decide to use a drill and screw things together. After a little work, here are the parts my husband came up with for a ship! (The steering wheel and "interchange robot" came from two different dollar stores, and the other items were thrifted.) Glued together with E6000. (Pardon the crumbs in the background!) Loving the guns! After allowing the glue to dry thoroughly, it's spray painting time. front back (love that hair curler) side This one needs a little more "detail paint" love, but it is looking good so far! Here are a few other ships we've worked on: Buzz's creation -- with help from dad, of course. Mr. S's ship (held together with hot glue -- one of the "wings" fell off, which accounts for my hand in the photo) Here are those ships and a few others, pre-paint. (Gotta love that one in the foreground with the toy hammer head on the front!) a few more WIPs.... So far, that top left spacecraft has parts from a dollar store stapler, two thimbles from dollar store sewing kits, a dollar store slingshot, and the guts from a thrifted drink mixer of some kind. The bottom ship is a "wonder steamer" (obviously) with wings made from the two sides of a toy drill. These little "models" are surprisingly addicting to make! They won't necessarily hold up as toys that can be played with -- use your best judgment in that area -- but they certainly are fun to create and look at!
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How do you get kids interested in making models? I'm a dad. I've got a four year old daughter. And I want to share my hobby with her. Partly it's so I can spend time with her and show her what I love about model making. Partly it's so she can (hopefully) develop a hobby or interest that is real-world, away from digital screens. Mostly it's because when I was a kid this hobby gave me a huge amount of pleasure, and I hope she can experience that too. If she doesn't grow up to be a model-maker, then that's okay too. But while she's young, she can have some time with her dad doing a daggy creative hobby. I won't say I have all the answers on how to get your kids interested in models, but I will say it's good to involve them from a young age and share their creativity. Rivet counting be damned! So this weekend just gone we made a squadron of biplanes out of some old toilet paper rolls and some spare cardboard. Cut them out and glued them with plain old white PVA glue on Saturday afternoon, and then on Sunday when her friend came over we painted them and then had some biplane races. From little things, big things grow. Cheers, Dave Rough template. Don't overthink it, whatever looks right! Maybe grown-ups need to be in charge of the scissors. Looks airworthy. A squadron worthy of "Wacky Racers". Painting! This is where 4 year olds get to enjoy themselves. You may be able to guess which one I painted... Ready for racing. The Red Baron flies again.
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An oil rig - whatever next?! It was completely unexpected and I'm still laughing that we pulled it off. Cakey the Queen of Questions spotted a tub of vaseline on the table during breakfast that I was using to sooth my sore nose from a nasty cold. "What's that?" she asked. From the deep depths of my memory I told her how vaseline was first produced as a by-product on oil rigs. The oil rig workers used the unrefined version to sooth cuts and burns. I suggested we check my story on the computer as I wasn't sure if I had made the whole thing up. It turns out that I was right... first time for everything! During the internet search we came across photos of oil rigs and Cakey wanted to make one. We made a list of all the things we needed to make an oil rig: platform legs for the platform three boats cottage for the workers helipad oil pump First we made the pump out of pipe-cleaners, paddle pop sticks and pva glue. The sticks kept falling off the pipe-cleaners so I anchored them down with bulldog clips while the glue was drying. Paddle pop sticks held in place with clips while drying Next we found a box to make the platform and I scrounged up four cardboard rolls for the legs. I cut some tabs into the rolls and taped them to the platform – not exactly sturdy but they did the job. We ran around the house looking for little boats (and a toilet roll holder for the third boat) and anchored them on the side of the platform with string and tape. Luckily we had a little 'house' box that we used as our workers' cottage. My favourite part was wrapping two little people in shiny foil paper for little raincoats. Cakey added the helipad by taping a piece of cardboard to one side. Last but not least we secured our oil pump to the platform by sliding the pipecleaners through a slit in the box. And then we played with it. Our little worker in her raincoat We love using recycled materials in our craft projects, for more recycled inspiration have a look at my Recycled Materials for Craft pinterest board. If this is your first visit to At home with Ali – welcome. If you like it, you can follow along via email, RSS or facebook. You can also find me on Pinterest and Instagram. Cheers Ali
Noooo, not that kind of junk in the trunk. Although my trousers are kinda tight these days, following a very kind and frighteningly enormous...
How to make a junk model robot
This aspiring model-maker creates amazing sci-fi robots and mechs out of trash, old electronics, and bits of plastic.
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Old junk is a great material for crafting with, toilet rolls, cereal boxes, egg cartons right through to empty bottles, old CDs and I’ve featured one craft below that is…
These crafts are for kids who love to make things move -- miniature cars and buses, trains and planes, rocket ships and UFOs. In an afternoon, you can turn cereal boxes, paper plates, and cardboard tubes into vehicles of all sorts. And you don't need any high-tech materials -- just flour, strips of newspaper, glue, and paint.
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This poor fella is called '' Even robots get the blues" He is quite sad because he brought flowers to try and impress Miss Galaxy girl, but she wanted nothing to do with an old 289 model robot...so he has quite the case of the robot blues. He is made from an old vintage electrical box, 50's table legs, vintage conduit, bicycle headlight, 289 ford emblem, aluminum anodized wire flowers, and a engine flywheel.
Day 15: Playing with JunkWow! We are half way through the challenge already!Play promptRummage through the recycling box and pull out some boxes, tubes, milk jugs and whatever else takes your fancy!Following your child’s lead, create something to play with together!IdeasModel Making:How about..asking if they want to make a junk model? What could it be?...Read More »
We have seen expensive wooden versions of these, but here is our recycled cardboard version. Inspired by @early_childhood_fun101 over on Instagram. Check out how we made ours below. Use old cardboa…
This is a sheet of assorted Junk Yard Signs posters for scale model cars and dioramas. These are suitable for use in any diorama 1/18, 1/24, 1/25. 1/22, 1/87 HO scale. This sheet is printed on photo paper using photo dyes for durability. These must be cut out and glued on. These are scale posters for use with scale models. They are not actual posters.
Learn how to make a robot out of junk. Junkyard Robots will show you how to make robotic art out of trash.
Kit-bashing and photo-bashing are art creation techniques which involve re-combing found materials into assets for the entertainment industry. Kit bashing was huge when the practical effects industry still ruled the world of science fiction film. Examples abound in Star-Wars episodes 4-6. Kit-bashing has been mostly but not entirely done away with by 3D/CG model making.....but Photo-bashing (combing digital photo resources with digital painting techniques to create character, objects, creatures and environments is still alive and well. Mostly modern examples of kit-bashing: ...and the greatest examples of all?...
Turn KCups into animals, people and other creatures. A great way to upcycle and repurpose coffee pods with kid friendly critter crafts!
