My son loves constructing things. He loves art, crafts and creativity. A while ago he wanted to make a life sized robot, so with boxes, spray paint, duck tape, and a whole lot of glue gun dad and I helped him make his robot buddy. Since his creation, the robot has been a bit of a family member in our home. He hangs out in various rooms, but most often the kitchen (the busiest room in the house”. Recently my son decided that his robot should have a makeover to replace some pieces that had fallen off and to get some newer pieces as “upgrades” in this ever changing technological world. This is such a fun project for children. You can make a robot any height depending on the boxes you want to use. I suggest that once the robot is glued together, you take it outside and spray paint the whole thing. This will cover up the words on the boxes, but also make a nice plain canvas for your child to add the robot parts. We did ours black, but you can do any color spray paint including metallic!
I took my son to garage sales, the dollar store and thrift stores to find small electronic items that he could take apart with dad’s tools and use for the robot parts. This is two great projects is one! It is important to have children use tools for fine motor skills. It is great for them to take things apart for problem solving skills and discover what is inside to gather new information. And it is just plain FUN!
(a box of parts from dismantling electronics)
You can help your child with the glue gun as I did the first time my son made his robot. I decided to let my sin have a go at the glue gun with my supervision to gain some independence and learn a new skill!
Here are some pictures of the new and improved ROBOT!
Give kids things to take apart such as calculators, remotes,
telephones, broken, electronic games, etc. You can also get
things like plumbing supplies, wires and more for spare parts.
This project kept him engaged, creative and thinking for over an
hour on a snowy morning! Great for a family project too.
Do It Yourself Robot
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Amber
I get so many different size boxes from doing review and this would be a great weekend project!!! Thank you for this idea!
Jeff Helfrich
I’m totally doing this project with my girls when they get bigger! Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Amanda @ Survival Guide by The Working Mom
I so need to do with with my son, he would LOVE it!! I am not too crafty but it looks easy enough. Hope it doesnt turn into one of those “fails” lol Awesome idea!
Julia Potvin
Oh my gosh he is so smart and creative! The robot is awesome!
Kelley Johnsen
I loved this! I shared it with the kids, and they want to do one now! Thanks!
Sharon
I love seeing kids get creative!!! This is what makes our future bright!!!
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Jennifer Williams
My youngest would love that, we have enough boxes laying around. Something to do tomorrow!!
Kelly Stilwell
We had a robot birthday party years ago. I wonder if I can find those pictures? Great job!
Jesica H
How cute. My kids made cardboard “robots” the other day, ones they could slip over their heads though.
Meghan
What a creative idea!!! Must save for when my little guy gets a bit older.
Esther
You son did an amazing job! I love his robot, my son is 10 and he thought it was so cool. This would be a great project for him to do and keep him busy and entertained 🙂