reflection

Today i am looking up pictures on google for ideas on what sort of bird i should do and how i could make the bird. The bird i have chosen to do is a lorikeet because it is courfull and will make my toy more attractive. How i will make the bird is to draw it on a thin piece of wood on 2 or 3 pieces depending how thick it is, and to band saw it out then stick the bird pieces together.

reflection

This lesson in DF we have started our toy and have watched Mr Ward how to make some of the more difficult stages of our toy. The stage where i am up to is finishing off the box and making sure i have the right measurments. The mechanism is much easier than what i thought and i am happy with the toy i have chosen. Our next DF lesson i will be making a extra area above the box so there is more space to put the worm as i think i may have difficulties if i dont do an extra space.

reflection

Lately in DF we have been learning prodesures of making our toy and what we will be using to make our toy. My toy box will be made out of wood, the string tying the birds to the box will be made out of wire, the worm being made out of pipe cleaner and for the actual birds i still havent made a deffinate decision on what i should make them with. I am excited to start my project and hopefully everything works out as planed

reflection

Our DF class has been learning about toy mechanisms and how they work. For our assignment this term we will be making our own toy mechanism. The mechanisms i have chosen id the bird mechanism. iHave chose this one because it caught my eye from the very start and i like the way it works. Also i will be including a worm in the mechanism which will move up and down to add something special to the toy.