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Weekend activity: Create some paper toys
If its raining or its too cold (or too hot) or whichever other reason you have not to go outside here are some unusual paper toys that surely will impress your friends (or kids).
Many of these toys can be made with just a few sheets of paper, scissors and some tape, others like for example the the Paper Rose or Flower paper (see link section below) are more elaborate but should still be mastered by everyone.
The toys we chosen for this article are more like the ones you would create when you sit together with a group of friends or want to show your kids something old Daddy or Mom can do. There are of course many others that use templates to be printed on photo paper, cut with an art knife and then glued together. We provide links for these too…
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DIY: US Candidate Puppets
Finally you don’t have to shout at your TV anymore during Presidential Candidate debates. Get interactive and become the one who pulls the strings behind them. Or put a completely new twist to political education of your kids: Politics at your finger tips.
Anyway, at “Fold US Candidate” you can download PDF templates for finger puppets of the US Presidential candidates. Cut, fold, glue them together and you can hold your own presidential debates…”
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DIY: Last minute Halloween masks
If you didn’t have time to pick up a mask from a shop, “Forbes magazine” has – like the last years – put up a gallery of politicians and celebrities images together with a print out page (and DIY instructions) for each of the pictures.
We suggest to use heavy photo paper…
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DIY: Geek Jack-o’-Lantern
Getting ready for Halloween? Have a look at Wired’s “Geek Jack-o’-Lantern” gallery and contest for some great ideas and a link to a How-To tutorial.
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DIY: Dubya the Paper Sheriff
There are many great paper automata on the Internet but this one is different.”…The concept of this design is political satire, something which I’ve not come across before in a paper model. It’s a ‘nodding donkey’, which works beautifully. Standing in front is George ‘Dubya’ with a petrol pump, waving the petrol nozzle in one hand and his cowboy hat in the other. There’s a lot of movement, with…
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How-To: Make a gift box from Dollar bills
Often people get their gifts just wrapped in the shops where they buy them. But the wrapping or the box can be the gift itself or show some individuality. This box is made from two 1 Dollar bills and a detailed description how to do it is “online”. Works equally well with 100 Dollar notes and Euros. Best accompanied by a bunch of roses…
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