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Make a Cardboard Robot

Make your own little friend with this cardboard robot tutorial. If you’re a little apprehensive about making things three dimensional, just want a little guidance or some tips on working in 3d with cardboard this Instructable is made for you.

Supplies:

Main materials:

These materials are for making the body of your robot.

  • Cardboard

  • Scissors or Shears- scissors will work but shears make cutting cardboard much easier

  • Pencil

  • Hot glue/tape- to attach the cardboard pieces together

  • Optional- Canary Cutter for cutting down boxes

Detail materials:

These materials are for adding features and details to your robot it’s up to you what you use but here are some examples.

  • Adhesive (if you want to use something other than your hot glue/tape)

  • Beads, gems, buttons, googley eyes, paper clips, decorative tape, markers, +++