Children's Crafts: Attach Shoe Box Wagon Wheels

Video Transcript

"Now, I'm going to show you how to put our wheels onto the wagon. So, we're going to take our wheels, which is the pile of disks that we've made. And, before we put them on, we're going to put some glue onto the stick, where they're going to be sitting. And, this is where we're going to slide the disks on, by way of the bead, that we put in the middle of the disks. So, we give it a nice coating of glue around the stick, and then we take the wheel, and gently, just slide it over the stick, and the glue that was coated on the stick, will now be on the inside of the beads, and the wheel should sit securely onto the stick. Now, it's important to note that when the wheels turn around, the wheels themselves are going to be turning together, with the stick, like a real axle. So, the stick is actually going to be rotating, along with the wheels. So, it's not a problem, that the beads are going to be glued onto the stick. Because the whole stick itself, is what's going to be moving. Because it's the entire stick, that's actually moving, and not the wheels spinning around on the stick, that is the reason why, that when we made our holes in the box, that it was very important, that there's enough room for the stick, to rotate around. Now, you don't want it to be too big of a hole, because then the stick will kind of wobble inside, inside the hole, and the wheels themselves will be wobbly. But, you want the hole just to be big enough that it stick, sits securely inside, and also, has enough room to spin, as the wagon is pulled across. Once the wheels are fastened and the big bead has been put over the wooden stick, we're going to take a smaller bead, and put it over the tip of the wood, that is still hanging out. And, that will give the bead more security, of staying onto the wooden stick, with, without having it slide off. So, we put the small bead over the bigger bead. We've used a wider shoe box, than the standard. So, you might, for the shoe box that you're using, you might have some, a bigger piece of wood, hanging out from the side of the box. So, if you do, you can always just take a scissor, or some type of sharp knife, and just cut the end of the wooden stick, that's hanging over, after you've attached the small bead. So, now I've shown you how to attach the wheels to the wagon, by putting the bead over the wooden stick, and securing it with a smaller bead."