Superhero Wristband

Glue a circle of craft foam to your strip of sparkly craft foam.

Glue another shape in the middle of the circle. Decorate the whole strap and circle with colourful sticky dots and the rest of your shapes.

Curl the band around into a loop and stick it together with sticky tape.

There you have it! Your very own Superhero Wristband!

Animation Projector

You will need:


• Paper dinner plate
• Modelling clay









•   Start by cutting two slits about 4cm deep and 1cm apart at the north, south, east and west points on the paper dinner plate.
•   Now, tear out the four bits of paper plate that are between the slits you've made.

•   Put a loop of sticky tape onto the paper plate.

•   Then take the pencil and make a hole in the centre of the plate. Press the pencil through the plate, but remember to put the modelling clay underneath to protect the work surface!

         
•   When the hole is made, leave the pencil through it.
•   You've made an animation projector!

•   To make it work, you need a four picture cartoon, drawn onto a circle of card and stuck onto the flat bit of the plate.

•   To see the projector work you'll need to find a well-lit mirror.

•   Hold the projector in front of your face. Look at the mirror through the top slit in the plate.

•   Focus on the top picture, and keep looking at it. Spin the plate, and you'll see the image animate.

Magnetic bookmark

You will need:


• A piece of paper
• Two magnets
• A ruler
• A pencil







•   Draw a ruler width line down the long side of the paper, like this.
•   Cut along the line with a pair of scissors.

•   Stick a magnet at either end of the strip of paper.

•   Now fold the strip in half and attach one magnet to one side of the page and the other magnet to the other side of the page.

•   The bookmark will never fall out. Brilliant!

Fila foam

You will need:

• Fila foam - available from art and craft shops.


•   Begin by folding a piece of fila foam in half. Make some little scissor snips in each corner, but be careful not to cut right to the edge.
•   Do the other side too.

•   Open out the fila foam, and fix an elastic band round each of the slit corners.

•   Slip the corner covers of a book under the elastic bands.

•   You can make these book covers in any design - even using card if you haven't got any fila foam.

Bedroom Burglars 

You Will Need:
• Two small rectangles of card
• Two dice
• Some cotton thread
• A ball point pen
• A ruler
• A single paper

•   Do this using a ball point ben and ruler. Press hard so that you score the card and it is easily folded.

•   Begin by marking a line that's 2cm in from the edge, on both rectangles of card.
•   Do this using a ball point ben and ruler. Press hard so that you score the card and it is easily folded.
•   When done, fold the card in like this.
•   Next, take a pair of scissors and cut one rectangle of card diagonally from the corner to the middle.
•   Now take the cotton thread and carefully tie one end onto a paperclip with a knot.
•   You've actually made an alarm for your bedroom. Here's how it works...
•   Stick the two pieces of card to a wall by using sticky tack, to make a mini shelf, like this.


•   Balance the two dice on the shelf and remember what numbers are on showing the outside.
•   This is your secret code!

•   Carefully thread the cotton out, without knocking the dice off.

•   Tie a knot around your bedroom door knob...

•   ...then carefully leave the room.

•   To be able to do this you'll need to leave a little slack in the cotton thread so that you can crawl underneath...

•   The next time anyone goes in your room they'll open the door and unknowingly pull the thread, collapsing the shelf and dislodging the dice.

•   Even if they try to put the dice back they won't know your secret code, so you'll be able to tell that someone's been in.

•   To complete the effect, why not add a burglar alarm box to cover your shelf and dice?



                    















         

Light Pull

You Will Need:




• Plenty of glitter
• A cotton reel
• Some beads
• A paintbrush
• Some cord or shoelace






•   Brush PVA glue onto the centre of the cotton reel like this.
•   Next, sprinkle glitter over the centre of the cotton reel.

•   Shake off the excess...

•   ...then thread some beads onto a piece of cord, or shoelace.

•   Follow the beads with the cotton reel...

•   ...and then some more beads!

•   And that's it! Stop the clock!

•   You've made a Light Pull. Very quick and easy to make!

•   Once the glitter has dried, you can install the Light Pull!
•   Simply make a loop in an existing light pull, and tie on the new one.

•   Cut off any excess cord - but remember to ask for permission first!
       

Sticky Tape Skate

You Will Need:


• A piece of card
• A sweet tube
• A polystyrene drinks cup


•   Begin by carefully cutting the rim off the polystyrene cup.
•   Then round off one edge of the card, like this, so that it's completely curved at one end.

•   Stick the sweet tube to the top of the cut-down polystyrene drinks cup.

•   And finish by sticking the cup and sweet tube to the back of the card, like this, using some stick glue.

•   ...and if you pop two small sticky tape rolls on either end of the sweet tube, you'll complete a skateboard truck that doubles as a sticky tape dispenser!
•   Decorate whichever way you like by covering or painting - it's entirely up to you.
•   If you put a bend in the piece of card you'll see a skateboard start to take shape...