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@description Building the cardboard inchworm
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Turn a piece of cardboard into an inchworm!
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Duration: ~45 minutes
Materials
- Cardboard
- Scissors or cutters
- glue gun or tape
- 1 paper clip
Step 1: Cardboard
Cutout a cardboard rectangle. You can use the @boardname@ as a ruler to figure out the size.
Step 2: Fold the middle
Make a fold in the cardboard right in the middle of the long side.
Step 3: Body arch
Make two smaller folds at the ends which lay flat on the ground. This is the base of the inchworm's body.
Step 4: Front teeth
Fold in each of corner on one end of the cardboard. This is the front of the inchworm which will grip the ground.
Step 5: Back legs
Using scissors or a cutter (watch the fingers!), cut slits in the other end to make finger-like (these will be the actually) shapes. Fold one up, one down, and so on.
Step 6: Mounting the board
Using tape or a glue gun, mount the @boardname@ on one side.
Step 7: Mounting the servo
Attach the servo (with tape or glue) on the edge of the other side of the cardboard.
Step 8: Cable clean up (optional)
Use tape to route the cables nicely on the inchworm.
Step 9: Attaching paper clip to servo
Unfold a paper clip and attach it to the servo arm.
Step 10: Attaching paper clip to cardboard
Slide the folded part of the paper clip into the cardboard and use tape to secure it. You might need to toy around with the size of the clip so that the servo rotation opens the inchworm sufficiently.
Step 11: It's ready!
Your inchworm is ready!
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