| 1 To make your helmet, cut the
flaps off the first box, place the box over your head and mark the position
of your nose. Have an adult cut a hole around this mark. |
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| 2 Cut round notches at the bottom
sides of the box, so that the box will sit on your shoulders. |
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| 3 Cover the box with aluminum
foil. To fit the foil around the face hole, pierce a hole in the foil in
the middle of the face area. Carefully cut it as shown and fold the edges
back. Decorate your helmet with coloured paper or stickers. |
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| 4 To make a space back-pack,
tape the top of the cereal box closed. About one third of the way down
the box, cut around the front, and sides (but NOT the back)
of the box. |
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| 5 Cover the box with aluminum
foil. It is easiest to wrap the bottom of the box first, tucking the extra
foil inside the box. Then wrap the top of the box separately. Decorate
your space pack with strips of coloured paper. You can also add side boxes
covered with foil. |
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| 6 To make a latch so that you
can open and close your space pack, wrap an elastic band around a brass
fastener into the top middle area of the box, as shown. Strech the elastic
to see how far down it will reach and mark that with a dot. Insert a brass
fastener at the dot so that the elastic will fit around it and hold the
box closed. |
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| 7 To make a space camera, cut
a round hole in your smallest box big enough to fit the toilet-paper tube. |
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| 8 Wrap the two boxes with aluminum
foil. Pierce the foil over the hole and tuck in any extra. Wrap the tube
with coloured paper or foil. |
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| 9 Insert the tube into the hole.
Attach the smaller box to the other box. |
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| 10 To make straps for the camera
and space pack, pierce two holes at the end of each of the strips of bristol
board or ribbon. Pierce two holes in each of the back top corners of the
space pack. (This is easily done by opening up the lid and using scissors
or a compass. Have an adult help you.) Loop a twist-tie through each set
of the holes. |
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| 11 Pierce the top edges of the
back of the camera as in step 10. Insert twist-ties in each set of holes. |
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| 12 Insert the twist-ties of
the space pack into the holes of the strap. Twist the ties and secure them
to the space pack with masking tape. Attach the camera to the straps in
the same way. |
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| 13 Now put on your outfit! It
looks best if you wear white under it. |
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