Saturday 7 June 2014

Art Bots

Today we attended our second Maker Fun workshop at a local library. This is a non-profit club that aims to get children designing and making for fun, using traditional craft supplies and more modern digital materials.
 
The packs included a motor, motor holder, offset weight, battery holder, plastic disc, wire covers, bolts and nuts, sticky pads and a set of instructions. The craft materials were provided separately.
 
Following instructions, the children made their own robots,
 
 
checked they worked
 
 
and then decorated them!
 

 
To make them into Art Bots, cotton buds were inserted into their legs and they were dipped into paint. The children turned them on and watched them paint their own masterpiece!
 
Here is a video of Tabitha's Art Bot painting a picture!
 

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