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Critters Creative Inventions and
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Air Heads
Nut Heads
Hard Heads
Heads
Hands and Feet
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Hair
Eyes
Bodies
Necks
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Making Critters
Many moons into the future, lived a crew of
colorful, creative critters.
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Making Critters
Hard Heads, Air Heads and Nut Heads These
advanced humanoids evolved from the piles of
garbage left by a world full of uncivilized,
nat-brained humans.
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Making Critters
Build-It-Yourself crew members are on a mission
to morph premium quality junk into a new
generation of super hero-oids.
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Making Critters
Youll need these tools
Scissors Ruler Black Sharpie Pen Red, Green, Blue
pencils Scotch Tape Glue Gun
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Making Critters
And youll need some premium quality junk
Pipe Cleaners 2x4 sheets of paper Cloth Beads Nu
ts Rocks Feathers Yarn Foamies
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Making Critters
You will be able to experiment with many creative
possibilities if you make all the parts for your
critter before you glue or tape them together.
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Making Critters
Exaggerating (especially eyes and hands) can help
your critter have soul!
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Big Soulful Eyes

1. Draw a set of BIG eyes from a piece of white
   paper or foam rubber.
2. Add a touch of color.

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Stupid
Goofy
Surprised
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Big Soulful Eyes
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Goofy
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Stupid
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Big Soulful Eyes

• Much of the soul of your critter is in the eyes.
  Make them carefully!
• 4. Can you can see them from a distance?

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Mean
Happy
Cute
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Mean
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Happy
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Do a Due

• Cut a piece 6 long.
• Wind 10 loops of yarn around your fingers.
• 3. Tie the string in the center.

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Do a Due

1. Cut the 2 loops
2. Glue or tape it onto your head and give your
   critter a hair cut.

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Do a Due
Cut hair out of two strips of paper. You
generally get a more interesting result if you
use 2 slightly different colors.
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Do a Due
Feathers, pipe cleaners or wire can also be used
for hair.
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Air Heads
From a cylinder shape.
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Air Heads

1. First draw a face and color the hair.
2. Cut slits in the top so you can bend the hair.

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Cut Hair
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Air Heads

• 3. Wrap the paper to form a cylinder.
• 4. Tape a 6 pipe cleaner to the head. This will
  be the neck.
• 5. Wind the pipe cleaner around a pencil to make
  a neck.

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Air Heads
From a cone shape.
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Air Heads

1. Cut a piece of paper 2 x 4.

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2. Wrap the paper like an ice cream cone.
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4. Trim it.
3. Tape it.
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Nut Heads
Who wouldnt warm up to a nut head?
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Hard Heads
A small rock can work too.
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Necks

1. Wrap a pipe cleaner around a pencil.
2. Curl the end so you have a large area to tape or
   glue the neck to the head.

3. This neck enables you to mount your head on
any small shaft like a pencil. 4. Also this neck
enables your head to move.
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Critter Body
Arms and legs for a large critter

1. Dont be shy about exaggerating the hands and
   feet.
2. If you glue big hands and feet onto the ends of a
   long pipe cleaner, you will have lots of
   flexibility to wrap the arms and legs around your
   critter and make them move.

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Arms, legs and body for a small critter
1. Twist three 6 pipe cleaners together in the
center. Bend the arms and legs out.
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Critter Body
2. Cut out a 6 x 3 piece of colorful cloth.
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Critter Body
3. Bend the 6 x 3 cloth in the middle. Youll
have a 3 square.
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4. At the bend, cut out a small hole for the
neck.
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5. Cut out a shirt.
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6. Cut out a shirt.
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7. Put it on the pipe cleaner skeleton.
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Critter Body

• Roll the neck pipe cleaner so you can glue your
  hard head on.
• 9. Bend the ends of the arms and legs to make
  hands and feet.

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Critter Body
10. Bend the tail back so your critter can stand
on 2 legs and its tail.
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Critter Body
11. Tie a belt around your shirt.
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Critter Body
12. Bend the ends of your arms and legs 13. You
could glue some shoes or hands on.
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Finished Critters
Mount your critters in a truck, boat, rocket ship
or any invention. Your critter will help you
develop a consistent scale for your invention.
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Finished Critters
Try your own designs!
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