We present to you another working toy. As in the previous article, you will see in the video ready product in action and read a description of the manufacturing process. You will not have any difficulties with making it, even if the mother makes the toy together with the child.
First, about the advantages of a DIY toy:
1. The child learns to work with his hands
2. The child learns to think outside the box and begins to understand that what he will miss in life can be made with his own hands from available materials.
3. The child will begin to understand that a made toy is more interesting than a purchased one.
4. You will spend time with your child (1-2 hours)
5. The toy does not require any money to purchase or replace batteries.
6. A child will play with a handmade toy for a long time.
7. You can take the toy to the sea and forget it there. It’s not a pity to lose it, but to make a new one at home.
8. The child learns the principles of elementary mechanics and physics and will then apply them in life and with his children.
You will need: 2 shampoo tubes, 2 paper clips, 2-4 rubber bands, wooden stick. Tools: scissors, awl, pliers, glue, sharp knife, gloves.
1. Take the first tube for the body (a specially chosen transparent one) and glue the lid from the second one to it to simulate cutting. It must be glued tightly, because only the deckhouse keeps the boat afloat.
2. On the top and bottom sides of the case we make 2 holes with an awl to fill the water from below and let all the air out of the case.
3. We make 2 holes in the front part and insert an elastic band into each one inside the body, so that only the ears remain. We pass a paper clip through the remaining ears, connecting the elastic bands together. If you insert 2 rubber bands into the holes, the speed and swimming distance will increase.
4. Glue a couple of heavy bolts or nuts inside to the bottom of the body as a load. Without a load, the boat will float on its side. The greater the load against the cutting, the deeper the dive. You can achieve any depth at which the boat will float without sinking to the bottom. Experiment. We placed a small weight for demonstration so that half of the cutting was on the surface.
5. The most difficult thing will be to cut out a screw from a piece of wood with a knife. Draw a fastening square in the middle. Place the stick on the cutting circle and use a knife to cut the left corner down from the marked square. Repeat the operation on the other sides to create two blades pointing in different directions.
6. Make a hole in the middle of the left square screw. To do this, heat the awl red-hot over the burner and burn through the wood. The process is fast. 3-4 burns are enough. Make a second hole nearby at 4 mm.
7. Thread a large paper clip or wire into the center hole of the screw, bend the tip and insert it into the hole nearby to secure it.
8. Bend the second end of the screw clip into a hook, insert it into the body and put both rubber bands on it. Screw on the cap.
After production, the child paints and complements the boat at his own discretion.
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Following the precepts of the transmission " crazy hands", the DaVinci Learning channel told us how to make a current model submarine. It is effective in the sense that it can float and sink not at random, but at our request.
So, what is needed for work:
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Two bottles, large and small, an inflatable balloon, a hose, a rubber ring and electrical tape. If you tear electrical tape with your teeth, you don't need a knife.
In a small bottle you need to make a lot of holes, 3-4 mm in diameter. I pierced it with a nail heated on gas. I’ll say right away that it was necessary to have more - both in diameter and in quantity. But it turned out pretty good too: 
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Make a hole in the cork of a small bottle for the hose: 
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Insert the hose and secure the inflatable ball to it. I actually wanted to wrap it with electrical tape, but my son insisted on using an elastic band, “like on TV.” Well, with an elastic band, so with an elastic band: 
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After this, push the ball inside the bottle, tighten the cap and secure the hose. Again, I wanted to use duct tape, but my son again insisted on the “from TV” option and covered it with plasticine: 
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Now all that remains is to connect both bottles with electrical tape (like on TV, yay!) and the submarine is almost ready: 
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The only problem is that without ballast this structure absolutely does not want to submerge. And this turns out to be some kind of garbage, not a submarine. Simply filling a large bottle with water is also not enough - it still floats. In the transfer, some beautiful sand was poured inside, but the sand that I managed to find did not want to fall through the funnel. So I threw all sorts of things into the bottle rusty bolts and nuts. Well, I poured some water. By the way, it is convenient to regulate buoyancy with water, because it would be much more inconvenient to pour sand back.
Well, now sea trials.
We ended up with a strong trim to the stern, because the bolts and nuts, such pests, fall in one direction, no matter how you shake them. But in principle it worked :-)
Refers to XVII century, but the first ideas of immersing people deep under water appeared in antiquity. In practice, the first submarines began to be used in the 18th century during the American civil war. Two centuries later, submarines play a huge role not only in military operations, but are also actively used to study the depths of the sea. We offer you ideas on how to make a submarine from scrap materials.
Materials and tools
To make a submarine craft, you will need
- Glue.
- Cardboard.
- Awl.
- Matches.
- Cotton buds.
- Black paint.
- Scissors.
- A small plastic ball.
- Can.
- Used firecracker.
- Rectangular deodorant cap.
with your own hands
- Take an empty cracker. Cut a hole in the shape of a deodorant cap on top and glue it on top in the form of a chopping block. Using an awl, you can make several holes and insert an antenna from a cotton swab.
- Make a cone out of cardboard with a base diameter corresponding to the diameter of the cracker. This will be the stern of the boat.
- Next, prepare the blades for the stern and the bow and stern rudders from cardboard.
- Glue the cardboard pieces to the boat hull. You can make cuts in the cracker so that the parts hold better.
- A propeller with six blades can be made from a tin can. Bend the blades slightly, use an awl to make a hole in the center and secure the propeller to the stern with a match.
Here's how to make a submarine out of a firecracker. The craft is ready. All that remains is to paint the craft. Can be used for this regular paints or an aerosol can. The boat can be painted in any color, but the most commonly used colors are black, green and gray.
The tail number can be written with proofreader or acrylic paints. If the boat is a gift, you can write the name of the future owner. This is the first option on how to make a submarine from scrap materials.
Cardboard submarine
Another option is to make a boat from empty bushings from toilet paper. For the body, glue two elements together. Cut two portholes on both sides of the body. Make a cutting from another bushing. You can complement it with toothpick antennas. Insert inside the bushings colored paper white or blue color, rolled up so that the portholes are closed. Attach a cardboard screw to the back; the bow of the boat can be made from the bottom of a small plastic bottle. Now let your child decorate the craft himself. This is the easiest way to make a submarine out of cardboard.
Submarine made from a plastic bottle
If you are interested in the question of how to make a submarine from a bottle, you will need:
- Plastic bottle.
- Window cleaning spray bottle.
- Scissors.
- Stationery knife.
- Silicone glue or glue gun.
To begin with, you need to decide appearance crafts. A boat with a bottle as the main part will look good; the deckhouse can be made from the top of a spray bottle, covering it with a regular cap. It is better to glue bottles with a gun. You can also use plasticine. You need to cut the bottles very carefully with scissors. It is better not to trust this to a child, as the edge will turn out sharp.
The propeller is made of cardboard. Then a hole is made in the center, equal in diameter to the neck of the bottle. The screw is placed on the neck and pressed with a screwed cap. To decorate the boat, you can glue covers between the propeller and the wheelhouse, on the bow.
Here's how to make a submarine from scrap materials. All that remains is to cover it with paint and draw identification marks. Creating such a toy will not take you much time, but it will greatly please your child. After all, it is much more important for children to do something with you, and not just buy it in a store.
The active development of underwater shipbuilding can be dated back to the 17th century, although the idea itself goes back to ancient times. William Bowry, Cornelius van Drebbel, Robert Fulton proposed new designs for an underwater vessel, tested it and modified it. In practice, the first boats were used by the Americans during the Civil War at the end of the 18th century. Just two centuries later, submarines began to be introduced into the navies of many countries and played an important role in wars, as well as during exploration of the deep sea. We suggest you do original craft DIY submarine.
Materials for crafts - submarine:
- cardboard;
- match;
- glue;
- awl;
- cotton swab;
- a can of black paint;
- a beer can;
- scissors;
- plastic ball;
- firecracker;
— rectangular antiperspirant cap.
Also read: Crafts on a military theme - Airplane
Master class: DIY submarine
1) Empty the contents of the cracker. Trace the antiperspirant cap onto the surface of the cracker and cut out a hole. Glue the cap to the cracker and you have a chopping block. You can use an awl to make holes in the cap and insert an antenna or periscope, which can be easily constructed from cotton swabs.
2) You need to make a cone out of cardboard so that its base is equal to the diameter of the cracker. This cone will become the stern of our submarine.
3) Cut out the blades for the aft part from cardboard, which will serve as rudders, as well as bow and stern rudders.
4) Glue the cardboard parts onto the cone; you can make slits so that the parts are held more securely. Bow rudders are glued to the bow of the boat.
5) Cut a propeller with 6 blades from a tin can and bend them slightly. Make a hole in the center and insert a match into it. Secure the screw to the stern part.
6) Now all that remains is to paint the finished product. Very convenient to use aerosol can, but acrylic paints are also suitable. The submarine looks original in black, but you can make it gray or green.
7) Draw the tail number in white acrylic paint or proofreader. You can also print or cut out the numbers. If you want to give someone a submarine, you can also draw or stick the name of the future owner of the submarine as a hull number.
The submarine is ready with your own hands, all you have to do is wait for the paint to dry. All crafts can be viewed in the crafts section.
What could be a better gift for a sailor on Defender's Day than a model ship? Let it be the simplest one, but made with your own hands! A chic submarine model is easy to make from the simplest and most unexpected materials.
You will need:
— body from a large firecracker;
- a smooth plastic ball (Christmas tree, for example), with a diameter suitable for a cracker;
— a cap from an antiperspirant (the cap from Mennen Speed Stick fits perfectly);
- cardboard;
— tin lid from preservation;
- 1 match;
— 1 cotton swab;
- scissors;
- awl;
- glue;
- black paint in a can.
Manufacturing:
The hull of the boat will be a firecracker on which all other parts of the submarine are attached.
We cut a hole approximately in the middle of the firecracker body into which we insert the cap - the wheelhouse (fencing of retractable devices).
We make the stern part of the boat from a cardboard cone. We also cut out the rudders, bow and stern depth rudders from cardboard.
You can secure the steering wheels by making protrusions on them and slots in the body: this is more reliable, but more difficult. It's easier to bend the edges and glue the tail to the cone.
Using scissors (not manicure scissors, but good cutting scissors), cut out a screw from the tin lid. Having bent the blades, we make a hole in the center with an awl and secure the propeller to the stern using an axis made from a match. The submarine's propeller even spins! If it's difficult to make 6 blades, try three or four.
We glue the stern part to the hull - the hardest part of the job is done!
The nose part is much easier to make: you just need to insert the ball into the body of the firecracker about halfway and secure it tightly. You will get the rounded nose of a submarine.
Stepping back a little, we glue the bow depth rudders.
Having made two holes in the roof of the superstructure with an awl heated on a fire, we insert an antenna and a periscope made from the rod of a cotton swab: one is shorter, the other is longer.
Assembly is complete, it's time to start painting.
The fastest and easiest way to paint our boat is from a spray can. What a beauty it turned out to be! The only thing missing is the tail number.
It can be written using a proofreader, but it is better to make it clear and beautiful by printing white letters and numbers on a black background and gluing it to the boat’s superstructure on both sides.
The submarine goes to sea!
