Homemade Robot for Pre-Schooler

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Today I wanted to show you this adorable robot we created for our pre-schooler Spencer.  It was a family project because it took mom, dad and Spencer to create this.  Each of us contributing a special "touch" in the creation process.  Dad is very "crafty" too -- more in the "building" aspect though.   I'm sooo lucky. 

At his pre-school (and like many others) each week they bring a show and tell for the letter the class is working on for that week.  This past week was "R" -- so the teacher wanted each child to create a robot to share with the class and then be on display for the next week so everyone who passes by can see them too.  Here is our little guy Spencer proudly showing off the finished creation -- Rodetta.  :)  If you are new to my blog -- this is my little helper -- he LOVES to craft with me and sometimes you will hear/see him on my video's.  

Here is what we did --

- body - box (it had little bags of chips in it), covered with red paper.

- legs - paper towel roll (cut in half, covered with patterned "star" paper), attach to bottom of box with hot glue.

- arms - another paper towel roll (cut in half, then the tube was slit so we could roll the arms a little smaller), attach to side of body with hot glue.

- head - chicken breast can (like tuna in a can but a larger one that had chicken breast in it.) 
- adhere pattern paper around can and on top (which would actually be the bottom of the can upside down).

- hair - curly polka dot ribbon, adhered to top of can.

- red bows in her hair.

- eyes - black (1" scallop circle), white (1" circle), smaller black (3/4" circle).

- mouth - piece of red rick rack

- lace trim around the can (serves 2 purposes - to cover up the glue from adhering the can to the box and adds a nice touch to a "girl" robot.)

- extra stuff includes a blue gem and some robot patterned paper (blue 3" scalloped circle, robot paper cut 2" regular circle) -- adds a nice touch in the center. 

- to help the robot stand on her legs I took a semi-thick piece of cardboard and covered the top with some blue paper.  We then hot glued the legs to the bottom to help her stand up.  To cover up the "glue" I just tied some more curly ribbon around the bottom of her legs.


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day :)
--Tracy