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How to Make a Flying Bird Mechanical Toys

How to Make a Flying Bird Mechanical Toys

Explore how a string can spin a wooden skewer with this easy craft!⠀ MATERIALS:⠀ - Small empty drink carton⠀ - Paper straw⠀ - Wooden skewer⠀ - String⠀ - Washers⠀ - Paper and markers⠀ - Hot glue⠀ - Boxcutter⠀ - Scissors⠀ INSTRUCTIONS:⠀ (1) Cut the bottom of the carton, and then cut the top section in half. Put the top and bottom together.⠀ (2) Pierce holes in the sides of the top part of the carton and put small pieces of straw in, hot glueing them down. Put a skewer through both straws. ⠀ (3) Put a hole in the bottom of the carton. Take a piece of string and weave it through the bottom hole. Wind the string a few times around the skewer, and then pierce a hole through the top and thread it through. Tie the ends with washers. ⠀ (4) Glue paper wings onto the exposed skewer and decorate it, so the box looks like a bird.⠀ (5) When you hold the top washer, the bird will fly down to the bottom!