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Wouldn't it be nice to meet someone who always agrees with everything you say?
You will need:
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Start by cutting the top from a loo roll tube. |
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Draw around one end of the tube onto some cardboard box card, about 6cm up from the bottom straight edge. |
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Then draw the shape of the back end of the Nodder, around the circle. Neil's Nodder is going to be a cow, so that's what he's drawing. |
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Use the bottom straight edge of the cardboard box card as the bottom of the hooves. |
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When the outline is complete, carefully cut the shape out. |
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Place it onto some more cardboard box card, with the feet lined up along the bottom edge. |
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Take a pencil and lightly draw around the shape. |
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Use the pencil lines as a guide for drawing the front of the Nodder. |
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Once again, when you've finished the outline, just cut it out... |
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But this time, you need to cut the top part off, like this. |
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Now put stick glue all around the edge of the loo roll tube. |
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Stick it to the back end of the body, where the circle is. Hold the tube in position, until the glue has dried. |
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When it has dried, put more stick glue on the other end of the loo roll tube, but only on the bottom half. |
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Then stick the front end of the cow onto the loo roll tube, so that there's a gap above it, like this. |
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When the glue has dried, you should have something that looks like this. |
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Next, paint! This one has been painted in black and white, to make it look realistic. |
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To make the head, draw a loo roll tube-sized circle onto a piece of cereal box card, and use it as a size guide to draw the head. |
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Go around the circle, and make it cartoon-like. |
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When you've finished drawing the head, carefully cut it out. |
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Now you can colour in or paint the head. |
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To make the head nod on the body, you need to make a mechanism. For this, you'll need a 12cm strip of thin cardboard box card. |
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Make a fold about a third of the way in, like this... |
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...and stick a coin at the other end, to act as a weight. |
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Tape the short and bent end to the back of the head. You must tape it so that the folded bit is near the top of the head. |
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Next, you'll need some cotton or thread. Tie it around the card strip, near to the back of the head. |
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You then need to find a position for the thread - somewhere along the card strip - where the head balances and will nod smoothly. Play around with the thread until the position right, then tape it into place underneath. |
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Then, holding the long bits of the thread so that they stay outside, place the end of the thin card strip with the coin inside. |
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Just pull the thread in place until the head nods freely. Adjust the length until you get a good nodding effect, then just tape the thread in place on the back of the body. |
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And that's it! Here are some other ideas. A lion, perhaps... |
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...or a frog! |
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Or why not use a kitchen roll tube to make a sausage dog like this one! Try it yourself! |