RUBBER BAND WIND-UP TOYS
Steamroller
A CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP FOR MAKING TOYS 475
HOW WIND-UP POWER DRIVE WORKS
bamboo
(or cardboard
tube or corncob)
To help roller
pull better (not
slip), cover it
with rubber tire
tube or sandpaper.
Cut loop diagonally
for more length.
old bicycle tire tube
Instead of a rubber band,
you can cut a narrow loop
of inner tube.
Paddle wheel boat
Paddles from tongue depressors
or pieces from an old plastic
bucket, etc.
rubber band
Notch the paddles and put
them together like this.
Corncob creeper
Use an old spool or corncob.
two small nails
to hold rubber
band
Notch rim of spool
To help it pull
without slipping.
hole
piece
of soap
rubber
band
Wind up the
completed toy
and watch it
crawl!
Use it to help the
child enjoy bathing,
develop hand control
and even speech.
For more fun, place a paper cone
over the creeper, and decorate it
to look like a person or animal.
Whirlygig screech plane
This simple noise toy
can be made completely
of waste material.
The pin mounted at the
front scrapes against
the inside of the
bottlecap—and the
cups amplify the noise
like the loud-speakers
of a record player.
thin cardboard,
folded and twisted,
glued to stick
thin
stick
2 plastic cups
glued together
plastic cup melted
with hot wire to
hold pin tight
pin
bottlecap
cardboard or thin
foam plastic scraps
glued to the cups
It whirls!
It squeals!
It flutters!
disabled village children