Best Start Family Hub, Meath Gardens
A hands-on training for family hub staff. The Institute of Imagination shows some cardboard techniques. Each person then chooses a project and makes a build for a child they know, with help on hand.
Timing
One 3-hour session, or two of 90 minutes.
Option 1
Option 2
Between sessions, people collect boxes for their project.
To agree before the day
Examples
Some of the ways to shape, join and move cardboard, and what they need.
Press a line, then fold.
Cut halfway and slide together.
A glued triangle stops the wobble.
For dials and knobs that turn.
A skewer in a straw, a wheel each end.
A taped fold for doors and lids.
Materials
Your project
Pick a project card, or bring your own idea.
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