Who wouldn't smile if they opened this card on their birthday
This robot card is fun to make and is an ideal birthday card or Father's Day card.
Time: 20 minutes plus drying time
Age: Under 5's with help, 5-10's
Level: Easy
Materials
Selection of metal nuts, bolts, washers and cogs
Starting materials ready to go
Cut a large rectangle for the robot body and a smaller square for the robot head. Cut two small rectangles for legs
Robot components cut and ready to wrap with foil
Wrap the robot components in aluminium foil, like you would wrap a present.
Body ready to decorate
Stick cogs, washers, metal nuts etc onto the body of the robot with strong glue. We also stuck on some rectangles of bubble wrap and some pieces of silver pipe cleaner.
Use any old small metal junk you can find to decorate your robot
Stick two metal washers on to the head for eyes. We found an old 13Amp fuse and glued this on for a mouth
The old fuse made a good robot mouth
When dry, glue the head, body and legs onto the front of the card
Cut the drinking straws down to a suitable arm size with the bendy sections as elbows and glue on to the card
Your robot card is now ready to send!
Have you made a robot card? Please upload a picture of your creation via the comments section.
Categories
#Easy
#Under 5s
#5 to 10s
#Robot
#Birthday card
#Greeting card
#Aluminium Foil
#Junk
