DIY paper lunar rover. Space crafts

DIY lunar rover craft from paper and scrap materials.

We make children's crafts on the theme. For example, the Lunokhod craft. To make a lunar rover like in the photo, you will need:

cardboard from a packaging box, 8 caps from drinking water bottles, foil, tape, stapler.

We remove the corks from bottle caps with drinking water. We cut out a rectangle measuring 26 cm x 25 cm from cardboard and mark rectangles on it with sides of 5 cm x 25 cm, 8 cm x 25 cm, 5 cm x 25 cm, 8 cm x 25 cm. We form a rectangular parallelepiped. We lay out four plugs with a diameter of 5 cm (lunar rover wheels) on the edges 5 cm x 25 cm closer to the edge and mark the locations of the holes for the plugs that will secure the wheels.

We lay out the parallelepiped on a plane and cut out the holes. We make holes on the opposite side. We insert the cork from under the bottom. We wrap the cardboard with the corks in foil and secure it with a stapler.

We fold the parallelepiped, insert the plugs - the wheels of the lunar rover. We secure the parallelepiped with tape or a stapler.

A candy box is suitable for making the hardware compartment of the lunar rover. Wrap the box in foil and secure it. A cocktail straw is suitable for the lunar rover antenna. At the end of this tube you can install a cork wrapped in foil.

On the hardware compartment in the upper right corner we make a hole and insert the antenna. We secure the antenna with tape. Children's craft on the theme

Yulia Safarova

In our kindergarten, an exhibition of crafts for the holiday has become a tradition. Children do crafts at home with their parents and bring them to kindergarten. This time the exhibition was dedicated to the 55th anniversary of human space flight. I offer you my " Lunokhod"made with my son at home.

To make it we needed: empty plastic jars of different sizes, a children's plastic construction set, a spring, a lid, a toothpick and a little imagination and half an hour of time. The first thing we did was to screw two long parts of the construction set to a large can; this would be the mount for the wheels. Then the small jar was attached to the large one, antennas and a hatch were added." Lunokhod".

Then wheels were made from the construction set and attached to the main part of the product.

The whole " Lunokhod"We painted it with silver paint from a spray can. Separately, we made the surface of the moon, printed out the Earth and the astronaut, and took the craft to the kindergarten.

Like this" Lunokhod"We did it!

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How are you, dear readers and guests of my blog? Did you have time to take a break from? I think it’s not stressful to make something and do it with the kids. And now there is still one more holiday ahead - Cosmonautics Day. And it falls on April 12th. On the day when our Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew into space for the first time.

Usually this is a boyish theme - space. They really love inventing flying machines, saucers and rockets. But some girls are not far behind either. Still would! This is very exciting, and from waste and natural materials you can make such works that they will win any competition.

Let's look at a selection of interesting ideas. Most likely, they will give you interesting thoughts and create your own masterpieces. After all, there is room for imagination to run wild here. The work can include planets, satellites, flying vehicles, UFOs, rockets and much more.

I would like to note that I also get ideas from the Internet, from its publicly available sources. Basically, these are cool and original creations for kindergarten and elementary school children. Plus, I can recommend excellent options for paper airplanes in the note https://mognotak.ru/kak-sdelat-samoletik-iz-bumag.html

Well, here we go! As Yuri Gagarin once aptly said).

Interesting ideas on the theme of Space with your own hands

First, let's look at what can be made on this topic. For younger kids, it will be possible to make (with the help of their parents) such a layout from colored paper. All the planets of our Solar System are located on it. At the same time, of course, we teach the kids the names of the planets.

Application Solar System

You can make such applications from small plasticine balls. It’s better to draw such compositions first and even paint them with flowers. And then you can roll small balls and just stick them on.

After all, it’s really possible to submit it for a competition?

Squirrel in a rocket

We make figures of astronauts and a lunar rover from salt dough. Simple . This material is pleasant to work with for several reasons:

• it hardens quickly and can even be placed in the oven;
• it can then be easily painted in different colors with acrylic paints or gouache;
• environmentally friendly, you can even swallow it))).

Russian cosmonauts and lunar rover

Children 4-5 years old can make simple paper rockets. This turns out to be a simple form of origami. And you can glue them onto a dark blue background, which will represent outer space.

Rockets in the universe

Let's make these funny aliens from toys, jars, tubes and plasticine.

Funny aliens

Another option for the competition using the modular origami technique.

We turn on our imagination and use everything: polystyrene foam, tree branches, foil, wire. Bushings will even be useful for making rockets.

Gagarin in flight

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Milky Way

And a little humor)

Cat in a hat from the planets of our solar system

I hope that we have already more or less chosen something for ourselves, that we will make it and move on.

Simple crafts for kids in kindergarten on Cosmonautics Day

I suggest making a rocket with the kids from a sleeve (you can even use toilet paper) and colored paper. It turns out such a long and stable little thing that can be placed on a blue background and next to an astronaut figurine.

Add some foil and you'll have a more realistic spacecraft.

Let's make a starship out of paper. You can do this simply according to the diagram below.

And here is the finished version. Color it as you wish.

Or we’ll make an unidentified flying machine out of thick paper. You can make several of these things and put them again on the blue sky.

Look how colorful and at the same time original UFOs we produce.

Let's use the baby's favorite toy - plasticine. It is pliable, soft and adheres well to almost any surface.

Here are some applications you can make with it in disposable plates.

Saucers - open space

Oh, and we parted ways! Let's sculpt a cute alien. It will look good next to a paper flying saucer.

Funny alien

Don't feel like folding paper? So let's blind her too, because there is a lot of plasticine!

When working with plasticine, the first thing you need to do is explain to children that this is an inedible material and should not be put into their mouth.

Alien and flying saucer made of plasticine

Space idea made of paper and cardboard for April 12

Components such as paper and cardboard are the easiest to make for kindergarten and school work. Because they are always present in any home. And also scissors and glue. If all this is available, then I propose to build such a composition from a flying spaceship, the sun and Saturn on a black background.

To work you need:

• Cardboard with a black background about 30*25 cm;
• Toilet paper roll;
• Colored paper;
• Gold and silver foil;
• Semolina;
• Scissors;
• PVA glue;
• Pencil.

Manufacturing:

1. Cut the sleeve in half. At one end we cut off the edges to create the nose of the rocket.

2. From blue paper, cut out three blue cones, which we bend in the middle. These will be our rocket engines. We glue them to the uncut (back) part of the sleeve.

3. Glue the rocket onto a black background.

4. Cut out two petals from red and gold paper. This will be fire coming out from behind the ship.

5. Glue the flame and the cut out window.

6.Draw the sun on gold foil, and Saturn with a ring on silver foil. Cut out and glue both shapes onto black cardboard.

7. Apply glue to the background and sprinkle semolina on top. This is our milky way. Beautiful craft is ready!

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Video about how to make a flying saucer from a plastic bottle

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How to make crafts from disks on a space theme?

CDs are already being thrown into the trash, but in vain. After all, this waste material is very suitable for souvenirs for Cosmonautics Day. Its shiny and round flat surface is very suitable for the production of unidentified flying objects.

Here is a second grader's masterpiece. She used the disk under a flying saucer with a very cute alien.

And this is the alien himself with antennas made of springs and foil.

Interplanetary taxi from the children from the preparatory group in kindergarten.

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Step-by-step 3D postcard in the form of a rocket

If you have never created three-dimensional postcards, here is a step-by-step method for you. Again, everything is as simple as two and two. Templates can be found at the end of my post.

We need:

• A blank sheet of paper A4;
• The pencil is simple;
• Scissors;
• Colored paper;
• Glue;
• Gouache paints.

Manufacturing:

1. Fold the A4 sheet in half. On the fold we draw half a rocket.

2. Part of the rocket in the photo below is marked with a dotted line. This means that we will not cut here. And we cut out all the straight lines using scissors.

3. We try to do everything as carefully as possible.

4. We turn our spaceship inside. It will fold inward and the entire card will fold outward.

5. Draw the details of the ship: nozzles, porthole, nose and flame below.

6. Paint the background black with gouache. And the rocket itself in suitable colors.

Here you can get creative and make an astronaut’s face in the porthole window.

7. Draw beautiful flames.

8. Cut out different planets from colored paper. We glue them all over the background. You can also make stars from foil.

Voila! Our cool three-dimensional card is ready. We give it away for its intended purpose.

Making original works for a school competition

Let's be inspired by the ideas of the kids who won space-themed craft competitions. They all tried, working out every detail in their masterpieces.

Any available materials were used in the work. These are twine, foam balls as planets, glass pebbles, felt and much more.

International station

Composition of planet Earth, a rocket and two astronauts in outer space.

Russian cosmonauts

Solar System with satellite and planets.

And here is a magnificent model made from plastic bottles.

We use felt for voluminous applique.

Intergalactic travelers.

Beautiful applique made from napkin balls.

To make it, you need to roll out many, many balls from colored paper napkins. But the work seems to be worth it!

The squirrel and the salt dough arrow are waving their paws at you).

A little imagination on the theme of the galaxy, starships and UFOs - and a wonderful work is ready for the competition!

Pictures and templates on the theme of space

I suggest using cute templates and drawings as backgrounds and pictures. They will fit perfectly when creating postcards or crafts on the theme of astronautics.

On this note, I say goodbye to you for a moment. I wish you success in your creativity and pleasant moments spent with the guys!

Have daffodils bloomed in your summer cottage yet? If you haven’t already, we suggest you and your children build pinwheels reminiscent of these spring flowers. They will add color to the emerging greenery and help the children master another DIY craft.

The peculiarity of this disk turntable with a diameter of 14 cm is that it rotates in two planes: around its axis and around the stick-stem on which it is attached. It itself turns towards the wind and, catching it with its blades, begins to spin. In this master class we will laminate a turntable, making it moisture resistant.

You will need:

• Rough cardboard(packaging of cereals, sweets, cereals, etc.)
• Whatman or watercolor paper
• Breadboard knife, scissors
• Thermal film for lamination

• Glue"Moment"
• Lids from plastic bottles - 2 pcs., yellow and green
• Floral wire 1.2-1.5 mm (gerbera) for making an axis of rotation
• Wire cutters for cutting wire
• Separators- beads or pieces of cocktail tubes
• Stick holder- a tube with a diameter of approximately 4 mm, glued together from paper and painted with acrylic waterproof paint
• Thin wooden stick
• Tool for creasing(resembles a spatula) or embossing(a holder with a small metal ball at the end), a crochet hook or a non-writing ballpoint pen will also work.

To carefully bend the cardboard without creases, cracks and delamination, you must first perform creasing - with a thin object with a blunt end, press a line (groove) at the site of the future bend.

1. Prepare a pinwheel template from rough cardboard. For the convenience of further work, completely cut out the petals from it.
2. Trace the template on watercolor paper or whatman paper in yellow or white along the inner and outer contour. Mark the center of the part.
   Since we will be covering the paper with thermal film, it is better to outline the petals with an embossing tool, because pencil lines after lamination cannot be erased with an eraser. Also, before laminating, punch one edge of each petal, thus marking the fold lines (they are indicated by dotted lines on the template).
3. Laminate the part drawn on paper on both sides with thermal film, following the manufacturer's instructions. Cut the part along the outer contour. Using a craft knife, carefully cut through the unpunched edge of each petal.
4. Then bend the petals outward along the scoring lines. The result was the blades of a turntable.
5. Using an awl, make holes in the center of two plastic bottle caps. It is desirable that they be yellow (orange) and green.
6. Glue the caps to the center of the part - yellow on the front side, and green on the back. Make sure that the central holes of all parts match.
7. Glue a bead to the end of the wire, thread the pinwheel through the center hole (with the yellow cap facing the bead), and then string on a few more beads. Bend the wire at a right angle and bite it off with wire cutters at a distance of 10-15 cm from the bend.
8. Insert the resulting L-shaped piece into a paper tube. Don't worry - it won't fall out. From the opposite end, insert a thin wooden stick into the tube (after sharpening one end).

Such a pinwheel can be stuck into the ground among beautiful greenery or into a faded daffodil bush. In early spring, when there is no greenery yet, you can make the leaves yourself.
Use aspidistra leaf ribbon for this - you can buy it at a florist or craft store. Cut strips of tape 4-5 cm wide, fold them in half lengthwise and glue them together, placing wire between the halves.
When the glue has dried, cut out the ribbon-shaped leaves characteristic of the daffodil from the glued blanks so that the wire is in the middle. Tie the leaves into small bunches and secure them on a thin stick.

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If you didn't have a bicycle as a child, and now you have a Bentley,
anyway, you didn’t have a bicycle when you were a child.

It just so happened that in my childhood there was no Lunokhod. And then a child was born. So, I thought about it and decided to make a toy for both of us.

I didn’t want to create an exact copy, and I don’t know how to print cases at home, so I decided to limit myself to recreating similar functionality. In addition, it seemed inhumane to me to enter a movement “program” from memory and not understand what exactly was entered, so I added a display.

Version 1

I had an inexpensive chassis on hand from Ebay and an Arduino Uno.

To control the motors, I took a PWM Servo Shield and soldered L293D + PCF8574 on a breadboard:

To read from the keyboard I took a PCF8574 and a handful of diodes:

I made the keyboard itself using a printed circuit board:

To prevent the keyboard from falling apart in your hands, I attached a cover on top. I had to order it from the milling companies :)

To display the program, a conventional 20 by 4 character display is used. Yes, also via PCF8574 ;)

At first I used 4 batteries for power, but they ran out too quickly, so I replaced them with a pair of 18650 batteries:

For charging I used TP4056 modules, which I connected via a relay to the batteries, although not very successfully.

The fastest way was to write the firmware. Unfortunately, it turned out that the I2C LCD library is GPL licensed, and the code went to the trash. Around the same time, I realized that the Arduino Uno was not the best option, and that a handful of PCF8574 was very inconvenient to solder.

And I decided to start over.

I took into account previous experience, which suggested that there were several problems:

• The chassis from Ebay is made of plexiglass and is very (!) fragile (I overtightened the screw securing the gearboxes and the mount simply broke).
• There are many mounting holes on the chassis, but none that fit.
• The chassis comes with 1:48 gearboxes, but they are too fast.
• And in general the chassis is not enough.
• Arduino Uno has few "legs".
• There is no sound module (and it is needed for the “fire” command).
• There are horror stories written about Li-ion on the Internet; you don’t want to give your child a potentially dangerous device.

As a result I bought:

To mount the motors, I cut off a piece of aluminum angle and drilled out:

I secured the boards on hexagonal stands and connected them together with cables.

Since there were no more I/O expanders, the keyboard had to be redesigned (sources). I transferred diodes and pull-up resistors to it:

As a speed sensor I used a slot optocoupler and a gear (colored it with a permanent marker):

I used a ball as a third wheel:

Initially there was a support in the form of a wheel on a rocker arm, which came with the chassis. However, when changing the direction of movement, the wheel began to turn at the most unexpected moment and the cart was thrown to the side.

Connection diagram

It's best to look at the consts.h and lcd.ino files, they contain the most up-to-date information. The connections as they are now look like this:


The picture is clickable.

When you enter a command, the command icon and number of repetitions are displayed in the upper left corner:

If more than one command is entered, there will be a list at the bottom (essentially a program), and the entered command will still be displayed at the top:

Why did it happen this way?

The toy was created from what was at hand or easy to get. I would also like to say something about Arduino. It was chosen for several reasons:

• It has a suitable number of pins, and you need a lot of them (43):
  • 6 for motor control;
  • 8+4 for keyboard;
  • 11 for LCD;
  • 3 for DAC;
  • 8 for ultrasonic sensors;
  • 2 for speed sensors;
  • 1 to measure the voltage on the battery.
• I'm familiar with this platform.
• It is stitched in one click.
• The microcontroller does not require any gigantic speeds or memory amounts.
• And special efficiency is also not required, because Motors consume 90% of the current.

What can be improved

Chassis. With a sharp start, the wheels “grind” and the toy goes off course. You can try to make a six-wheeled chassis, or even a tracked one (there is one on Aliexpress, but I haven’t tried it yet).

GUI. Currently, only the minimum amount of information is displayed on the indicator, and this is done in the simplest way.

Code. I definitely won't get a Pulitzer.

Sound. There are cheap and very small mp3 players. You can safely throw out the R-2R DAC and replace it with a ready-made player.

Reserve buttons. You can record the finished program in EEPROM so that it is not lost when the power is turned off. The implementation can be the same as in radio tape recorders: with a long press, we save the program, with a short press, we launch it.

Out button. Not implemented at the moment. You can screw something like a relay/serva to one of the Arduino pins.

Acknowledgments

• To the child who motivated me all this time.
• To my wife, who patiently waited for me to play enough and helped me with Corel Draw!
• Sergei Dudnikov, who drew the keyboard overlay.
• Andrey Shishkov, who milled this very overlay.