On Wednesday me, Alice and Josie made an automata. If you are thinking what are you talking about? An automata is moving toy that has a cam, a frame, a cam follower and a handle.
Last week was when we did the planning but I wasn't here last week so I joined Alice and Josie's group. Our initial plan was to do a moving dolphin but instead we did Earth. This wasn't as difficult as we thought it would be.
First we made the frame. To make the frame you need a box with no sides, some cardboard and tape. First we taped the cardboard to the edges and then made the cam and glued it to the skewer. After assembling the automata we started decorating.
We printed out the earth and stuck it to the top skewer. Then we cut off the edges of blue paper and stuck it on. Then we painted the automata black like the night sky and let it dry. I really liked automata even though it was tricky, would you like to play with our toy?
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