A few months ago my little men (aged 4 & 5) requested a robot. I had once seen a friend making a "static" robot out of milk cartons. As I always like to innovate and improve things, one day I worked hard all morning until there was a special robot. One with a beating heart and moving arms and head. I tried to make a boy robot, but somehow it turned out to be "Mrs. Doubtfire". Anyway, here's how to make a shiny robot with a beating heart and moving arms and head. You need e.g. glue, duct tape, scissors, a sharp knife, pebbles (as weight for the feet), carton boxes, milk cartons, empty toilet and kitchen rolls, tin foil, shiny packaging paper, red beating heart with led, plus other items for the facial features and deco. Make holes in the milk cartons. Place the pebbles on the glue. Some weight is needed to keep your robot in balance and standing up. You also need "tube" legs. You need to glue robot's "pelvis&q
What started as a blog post on ”How to make a moving robot”, is now a platform, where I post my family's DIY projects and our children's arts and crafts. My aim to give tips to parents on how they can help their children to become creative and inquisitive with a ”can do” mindsets.