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Jan 17, 2016
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Many moons into the future,lived a crew of colorful, creative critters.
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Hard Heads, Air Heads and Nut Heads … These advanced humanoids evolved from the piles of garbage left by a world full of
uncivilized, nat-brained humans.
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Build-It-Yourself crew members are on a mission to morph premium quality junk into a
new generation of super hero-oids.
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You’ll need these tools:
ScissorsRulerBlack Sharpie PenRed, Green, Blue pencilsScotch TapeGlue Gun
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And you’ll need some premium quality junk:
Pipe Cleaners2”x4” sheets of paperClothBeadsNutsRocksFeathersYarnFoamies
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You will be able to experiment with many creative possibilities if you make all the parts for your critter before you glue or tape them
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Exaggerating (especially eyes and hands) can help your critter have soul!
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1. Draw a set of BIG eyes from a piece of white paper or foam rubber.
2. Add a touch of color.
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3. Much of the soul of your critter is in the eyes. Make them carefully!
4. Can you can see them from a distance?
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1. Cut a piece 6” long.
2. Wind 10 loops of yarn around your fingers.
3. Tie the string in the center.
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3. Cut the 2 loops
4. Glue or tape it onto your head and give your critter a hair cut.
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Cut hair out of two strips of paper. You generally get a more interesting result if you use 2 slightly different colors.
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Feathers, pipe cleaners or wire can also be used for hair.
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From a cylinder shape.
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1. First draw a face and color the hair.
2. Cut slits in the top so you can bend the hair.
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4”Cut Hair
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3. Wrap the paper to form a cylinder.4. Tape a 6” pipe cleaner to the head. This
will be the neck.5. Wind the pipe cleaner around a pencil to
make a neck.
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From a cone shape.
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1. Cut a piece of paper 2” x 4”. 2”
4”2. Wrap the
paper like an ice cream cone. 3. Tape it. 4. Trim it.
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Who wouldn’t warm up to a nut head?
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A small rock can work too.
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1. Wrap a pipe cleaner around a pencil.2. Curl the end so you have a large area to
tape or glue the neck to the head.
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3. This neck enables you to mount your head on any small shaft like a pencil.
4. Also this neck enables your head to move.
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1. Don’t be shy about exaggerating the hands and feet.
2. If you glue big hands and feet onto the ends of a long pipe cleaner, you will have lots of flexibility to wrap the arms and legs around your critter and make them move.
Arms and legs for a large critter
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1. Twist three 6” pipe cleaners together in the center. Bend the arms and legs out.
Arms, legs and body for a small critter
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2. Cut out a 6” x 3” piece of colorful cloth.
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3. Bend the 6” x 3” cloth in the middle. You’ll have a 3” square.
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4. At the bend, cut out a small hole for the neck.
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5. Cut out a shirt.
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6. Cut out a shirt.
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7. Put it on the pipe cleaner skeleton.
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8. Roll the neck pipe cleaner so you can glue your hard head on.
9. Bend the ends of the arms and legs to make hands and feet.
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10.Bend the tail back so your critter can stand on 2 legs and its tail.
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11.Tie a belt around
your shirt.
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12.Bend the ends of your arms and legs
13.You could glue some shoes or hands on.
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Mount your critters in a truck, boat, rocket ship or any invention. Your critter will help you develop a consistent scale for your invention.
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Try your own designs!
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