Today was a foggy day of Technicraft. I didn't really catch up to the other students, but I know what they did. We've been focusing on making fridge magnets, and these are the materials on making it:
- Piece of wood
- Copy of a character you want (examples: Iron man, Batman, etc.)
- Transfer ink paper
- Wood tracing burner
- Paint tray
- Paint
- Primer spray paint
- Scroll saw
- Safety glasses
- Stick-on magnet or Magnetic tape
Procedure:
- Take a piece of wood (22.5 cm x 15 cm) and make sure it's not too thick.
- Print out a copy of a character you would like and make sure it has the right size.
- Cut around the image of the character you chose.
- Get a transfer ink paper and tape it on the piece of wood.
- Do the same with the character, tape it on top of the transfer paper.
- Start drawing on the outline of the character.
- Take just the transfer paper by the tape and you can see that it's probably exactly like the actual image.
- Ask an adult to run a scroll saw and while waiting, mark around your character with a pencil on where you're going to cut.
- Before cutting, get yourself safety glasses just to protect your eyes.
- Move your character forward while cutting, but turn it so you can get the shape that you want for it.
- Put a stick-on magnet behind the wood after you've cut your character.
And there you have it, your magnificent fridge magnet!!!
It is a very creative piece of materials technology with a very clear procedural instructions.
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