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If you're daring and willing to waste a whole bunch of supplies and your time, then here is a list of crazy ideas to create: A portable bow that comes in three pieces A crossbow shield (Like Hiccup's from How to Train Your Dragon) Inferno from How to Train Your Dragon A telescopic sword A water tap that runs with a soda bottle reservoir A cardboard gun that shoots paper bullets with a trigger Write a book Draw the world with every single country If these seem weird, just know that I did all of the above except the draw the world challenge and Inferno, though I plan to build that flaming sword soon! (Just to be safe, I plan to do so in winter when there is snow outside!)

So, you want to make a project but don't have any ideas? Well, here's a nice list: breastplates helmet hanger bow arrows toilet paper tube binoculars shield ninja stars posters for your room I hope that you find these helpful!

If you had built the bow, but need arrows, fear not! This post will tell you how. So, the first thing you need to do is get a piece of letter-size paper. Start rolling it into a tube, rolling it from the corner, not from the width side. When you have finished roiling, then place a bit of tape to hold it in place. Cut off one end slightly about one inch and then cut a groove with scissors to make it easier to put it on your bow.  That's it! I hope you have fun!

Becoming Robin Hood is always fun. In this post, I will show you how to build a nice bow to play with. So, the first thing you will need is an old plastic coat hanger, like the one you would find at the mall, like this: Then cut off the hook part, like this: Finally, tie a rubber band to both sides, and you have a bow! And now you're good to go! Now all you need is arrows...

Building a breastplate is easy and simple. Down below, I will show you how. So the first thing you will need is two sheets of cardboard large enough to cover your torso. Cut them both in the shape you want, like down below:  You would want to do the same for the other side, which will be for your back. Decorate now if you wish. then punch two holes at the top for your arms and two holes at the bottom for your sides. Loop some string through them, and you're good to go!

Shields are the best in combat (especially if your little sister is throwing paper ninja stars at you!) It will defend you. I've made two types of shields, but the simple one was more successful than the one with the hidden crossbow. (I might get into that later. For now, forget it.) So the first thing you will need, is, of course, cardboard. Get one sheet about the size of your forearm minimum (My biggest was about the size of my torso.) Cut it into a rectangular shape, which is the best and most protective one, better than a circle. If you want to, paint it now. (Aluminum foil doesn't really work for this. I tried.)  So now you should have a nice rectangular shape.  Cut strips of cardboard and glue it to the back, one for the forearm and another to grip with your hand for better balance. Mark the spots with a pencil and glue the strips with hot glue. The best way to do this is to make the strips look slightly like a Greek omega. (Sorry. Percy Jackson fan.) Now you can defend...

Finally, the time has come to attach it! You would want to make shoulder guards, as that will be what will hold the two pieces together. Glue them on both sides, like this: Then you would need to attach it on the bottom, like in the diagram below. Please note to leave one side dangling open so that you can actually get in, like this: Then, paint your armor as you like. (Once I even coated it with aluminium foil and used up most of it.) Thanks for reading, and good luck in a fight. (Or your costume presentation)

Welcome to part two! So now you've got the front, but now you will need the back. Don't worry! That part's a hundred times easier than the front.  So first you will need a sheet of cardboard large enough to carry your back. It should not be weirdly shaped but must be like a rectangle. Now this is the fun part: bend the cardboard sheet so that it is round, like this: If the bumps in the cardboard run parallel to the bends, then the results would be better looking than if it ran perpendicular.  Yeah, I know that I've just started, but that is practically all that there is to the back! Nice and easy, huh?

I guess I will warn you at the beginning that you would not be able to move your arms as much with this model, but it would protect you better. So, it seems to me that the breastplate is one of the most important parts of a set of cardboard armor. (I'll be honest with you; I've got two full sets, and I'm making a third one because I've outgrew the other two.) Well, let's ump right in! The first thing you would need to do is to make sure you have enough cardboard. Breastplates need a lot of cardboard. Also a lot of hot glue. make sure you have enough! (A roughly estimated amount would be enough to build and glue a cubish box two and a half feet wide.) This is very complicated to explain, and I have two models, so I will just show you the model I used to build a costume of the armor of Genghis Khan. (don't ask) Take a sheet large enough to cover your chest(from just below the belt to your collarbone.) and cut it evenly in half. This will be the two sides of the fr...

I've made quite a few cardboard projects that turned out okay. Fine I admit it. A lot. So much that my Mom insisted firmly to throw the old ones into the garbage because I needed a square box three feet tall to hold it all! and it was even overflowing. That's why I will share with you some of the most successful ideas that earned a good stay in my room. (Which is now cluttered with my armor) breastplates shields leg guards (thigh guards, shin ones are such a pain to wear!) swords (check out my other post on how to make one) helmets (my first one was terrible) guns (very, very tricky) crossbow quivers (the rectangles are better than the circles) ninja sticks made from newspaper hydraulic claw (found on the internet!) daggers Popsicle stick pocket knife mitten dryer (made from an egg carton and empty toilet paper rolls) spiked gauntlets that only protected the top of the hand I did more, but these are the best ones. I hope that you enjoyed reading this!

Just saying, the very title of this post would make my Mom laugh. You probably knew all this, and sorry if I will bore you. (No, I'm not. Haha!) I used to be the one that would waste so much tape in our house. Well, let's hope that the "used to be" is actually right! 😜 Anyhow, these are the many things that I learned while using packaging tape with cardboard: When taping two sheets of cardboard together, place them one on top of the other while taping instead of side by side if you want a looser fit than a very tight one that comes with the risk of it suddenly popping open. be careful with little cuts in the tape. It only takes a little one for the entire thing to tear easily in two, easier than wet paper. (and cleaner too) If you lose the edge of the tape on the roll, be careful when you find it. When you pull it off, it will be easy for only part of it to get loose, and then you will be left with a very odd looking piece of tape that might end up being useless and ...

Well, in my other post, I posted on how to make a powerful bow. Well, what is the use of a bow without arrows? Good as a stick, I guess, but not as much as its full potential. This is what my paper arrows look like (roughly): Well, what am i waiting for? Let's get started! The first thing you will need, is, well paper. That much should be pretty obvious. If you want it to succeed, then you will need pretty thick paper, not the magazine type or the newspaper type. The paper should be as thick as printing paper. Some magazines use it, and that is what I use for this kind of project. If you got your magazine, then do the following: The first thing is to remove the staples holding the magazine together. And I mean all of them. Most staplers have a removal tool at the back. Use that. When that is all done, then lay two pages end to end, the width to the width, if you get what I mean. Tape them fully together, as if they were completely attached. DO NOT LEAVE THE ENDS IN THE MIDDLE LOOSE...

When I tried to make a bow out of a sick and rubber bands, it worked... kinda. The rubber band was flimsy, and when it fired it hit my hand. Then, when I was older, I turned to a more classical method.  So this is how I got the most powerful bow I ever made.     After watching a few YouTube videos, I got a PVC cabling pipe. It was too long, so I ended up cutting it in two, and thus got two bows. The first thing you would want to do is to cut a little groove at each end of the pipe, like this: You will have to do this on both sides of the pipe. Well, after that, get some twine that will not undo by itself when you tie a knot, and attach it on both ends, bending the bow slightly. You will have to undo one end when you are done, so don't tie it too tight! Tie it like this: Pull back, and you will be ready to fire some arrows at a target! Uh, just to be safe: do not fire at a person, as this bow is very, very powerful! But wait! I almost forgot. I didn't show you how to ...

Disclaimer: I am new to programming, so feel free to ignore this advice. Also, the only written code I am learning is Python, so this will be mostly about block coding and Python. Well, these are the ten best software and/or websites I find best for programming. Tynker (cons: you have to pay for the full course) (pros: The courses are the easiest and most fun courses I have ever seen. I know I sound like an ad right now, but I'm serious. I used the program when it was free for a short window of time due to the COVID pandemic.)  https://www.tynker.com/ Scratch (cons: the tutorials are not very good) (pros: The workshop is the best, even better than Tynker, though Tynker has written code projects. I built my best-coded projects on this website.) https://scratch.mit.edu/ Python.org (cons: this is for downloading, and the setup is gruelling) (Pros: It is a very good compiler, and very easy to use! Choose this if you favour simplicity.)  https://www.python.org/ Pycharm (cons: this ...

build with cardboard (recommended) learn to code sew masks run in the backyard aimlessly for less than a minute (did that; it's actually fun!) write a book (also fun) draw, even if it is horrible ruin your Mom's kitchen with your amazing cooking skills read books (I did adventure and violence) study a bit (so that you don't fail miserably when quarantine ends) go through old stuff and get spare parts for your projects (check with parents!) annoy your sibling(s) as much as you can without getting into trouble sit at the computer and use an educational game so that your parents won't kick you off the computer with the enforcement of the despicable law of screen time Well, there you have it! I did all that was in the list except drawing (does doing that on the computer count?) and the ruining Mom's kitchen idea. Good luck with bearing the scolding and the yelling with that idea!

Introduction:     There are many ways to make a hilt. There are those that are quick and mostly 2D, and there are those that are more carefully made and seem more realistic. Choose the best one for your sword. (To see how to make one, check out "How to Make a Durable Sword." For Quick Hilts:     To make a quick hilt, just cut out two mirrored pieces of cardboard. Sick them onto the blade of your sword, just above the handle, and tape the two loose ends together. For More Realistic Hilts:     Now, these ones are tricky. Follow the same steps in the quick hilts up to when you put it on the sword. But instead of just taping the two loose ends together, leave them separated. If your sword is similar to mine, then the two pieces should be about half to one inch apart.      Take a strip of cardboard and bend it so that it is more flexible. The wideness should be the same as the distance between the two pieces of cardboard. Start to cover the empty ...

Materials You Will Need: large sheets of cardboard aluminium foil, paint, or markers clear packaging tape a few short wooden skewers or dowels small rolls of clear tape scissors a pencil  Introduction:       In general, cardboard swords are floppy, flimsy, and easy to bend. Once bent, they will just lean over to one side and stay there until the bent part gets torn off. And trust me, that is not fun, especially if you are in the middle of a gladiator match with your violence-loving sister.     I've made quite a few cardboard swords, yet my method may not be the best. The swords still break eventually, but at least they will not need as muck repair if one just traced the form of a sword on cardboard and cut it out. (Tried that, did that, and it failed.)      Okay! If you made it this far, applause for you. Now let's jump into it! Step 1: Getting a Backbone     This is critical for the durability of your sword. I ...