Mr. Roboto

What You'll Need:

 

Any leftover cardboard ANYTHING

Tape

Markers

Pipe Cleaners

Hole Puncher

I have to search to find the final image of our dearly loved robot. This project would be great for all ages. Creating a life form from inanimate objects and working on proportions using toilet paper rolls was quite an experience.

We just added box and roll after roll until we had a somewhat of a "human" like robot. This would be a great experiment for 3D design with students. My favorite part was after completing the actual structure of our robot, my kids made them their own with their details. My son gave his robot a huge heart and LOTS of buttons that do all sorts of cool tricks, like making a hamburger. My daughter wanted yarn to make long hair on top of her robot and gave her face a very sweet smile instead of the robot teeth my son marked on his.

This could be great to study 3D sculptures and create recycled sculptures of different life or architectural forms.

 

Classroom Connection:

26.B.3d Visual Arts: Demonstrate knowledge and skills to create 2- and 3-dimensional works and time arts (e.g., film, animation, video) that are realistic, abstract, functional and decorative.