How to Make a Robot Craft

This craft is great for kids ages 5-12, but even better for boys. Most little boys spend time watching movies with robots and dream of making their own. A great way to get started or continue their interest in robots is to make this robot craft out of toilet paper tubes and cardboard boxes. It may seem hard at first, but if you take it one step at a time you will have no trouble.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 9 Toilet Paper Rolls
• Cardboard boxes, several sizes
• Silver Spray paint
• Scotch write on tape
• Glue
• Scissors
• Google eyes

1. Choose your box for the robots body to begin. The best size is about the size of a shoe box. Hold it up so that it is more long than wide and cut a hole in the top with your scissors that is just big enough to fit one of your toilet paper tubes. When you make the cut fold the cardboard that you cut down in to the shoe box.
2. Tape your toilet paper roll with Scotch write on tape. You can also tape it from the inside to make sure it stays put. This is the robot's neck so it must be able to hold up the head. You want to use Scotch's write on tape for this project so that the silver spray paint will stick to it.
3. Glue a small cardboard box on the the other end of your shoe box. When it drys you want to cut two holes for the legs of the robot just like you did for the head. Push the extra cardboard back in to the box and then tape two toilet paper rolls in each of the leg holes.
4. Make the robots legs longer by taping another toilet paper roll to each of the legs you already have.
5. Tape together two toilet paper rolls for each arm just like you did for the legs. You will not need to cut out any holes for the arms because you can glue them straight to the side of the box. Only glue 1/4-1/2 of the arms and let the other part stick out like the robot is moving his arms.
6. Add a small cardboard box for the head of the robot. You will have to cut a hole to fit the toilet paper roll, but this time the hole will be on the bottom to connect the head with the neck. Tape in to place.
7. Cut out cardboard features to use as the robot's eyes and mouth and glue in to place. You can make his eyes out of two individual egg carton holders. You can just cut some cardboard to make a robot shaped mouth. If you have any goggle eyes laying around you could also use those.
8. Finally you have to add the feet. You will need two small, yet sturdy cardboard boxes. You will need to cut holes in the tops to fit the toilet paper rolls. Remember to tuck the excess cardboard down in to the box. Tape your feet to the legs of the robot.
9. Get out your silver spray paint and spray the entire robot silver. You will want to do this step outside so that you don't get paint in your house and so that you are not breathing in the paint.
10. Let the paint dry and you are all done.

Tips & Warnings

• Instead of using two toilet paper rolls to make each leg and arm of the robot you can use a paper towel roll. Paper towel roll are a good substitute because they are the length of two toilet paper rolls.
• Wear a smock or apron when spray painting the robot to protect your clothes.

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