DIY Toys - Making a Riding Bird from Blueprints Printed on Cardboard

Описание: We make Riding Bird together in the video.

Its wings have a really nice flapping action. Both the Play Puppet and the Acrobat Puppet can ride the bird.

You'll need two 90mm sticks or dowels to make this. A bamboo skewer is ideal.

When you're done, you'll have a strong, durable toy meant to be played with. You can make it look however you want!

To get the blueprints, please email me at [email protected]. Pretty soon you will be able to purchase them on Amazon.

Time estimate:
About 60 minutes to make the toy
Painting and decorating can take as long as you like!

Tools:
Scissors
Metal ruler

Materials:
The Riding Bird Blueprints printed on cardboard.
Glue - We use a glue stick

Experience:
We go on an amazing toy making journey. We take a flat piece of cardboard. We crease it so it will fold the way we want it to. We cut out the blueprint. We fold the cardboard into wonderful mechanical parts. Then, we assemble the parts. We're toymakers! We have a strong Finger Puppet meant to be played with!

Perfect for:
Playing pretend
Stop motion animation
Filmmaking
Costuming
Incredible to make one and give it away...

For Enrichment Providers:
All of these toymaking projects are great for for STEM Camps, enrichment programs, homeschoolers, family crafting, and creative minds of all ages. All of the instruction is in the video. Prep time is minimal, the tools are common, and the materials are abundant.

For Administrators:
Completing this project meets National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) standards for engineering, design and geometry. That means they also meet standards for many other nations. Toy making teaches:

Geometry: "Understanding and creating shapes, nets, angles, and proportions."
Engineering Design: "Identifying problems, developing prototypes, testing solutions, and refining designs."
Measurement & Data: "Accurately measuring lengths, angles, and dimensions to create working parts."
Systems Thinking: "Recognising how parts interact within a whole."

But most importantly, we're making a toy! Enjoy!

Tom Bast

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00:00 Introduction
00:17 The Riding Bird
00:58 Making the Saddle Sides
01:08 Finishing a Saddle Side
02:49 Making the Saddle
03:49 Finishing the Saddle
04:25 Making the Back
04:48 Finishing the Back
05:10 Making the Tail Feathers
05:29 Finishing the Tail Feathers
05:35 Making the Wings
07:00 Finishing a Wing
07:48 Making the Shoulders
10:55 Finishing the ends of the Shoulders
12:21 Finishing the spine of the Shoulders
13:26 Attaching the Wings
15:10 Attaching the Back
15:59 Making the Tail
16:58 Finishing the Tail
18:07 Attaching the Shoulders, Saddle and Tail
21:07 Making the Head
22:37 Finishing the Head
24:07 Making a Face
24:39 Finishing a Face
25:39 Congratulations! You're a Toymaker!