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Car Descriptions

Materials:
  • cardboard rolls
  • cardboard
  • wood glue
  • liquid glue
  • ribbons
  • gift bags
  • stuff toys
  • brushes
  • foil
  • scissors
  • axels

Journal:

Oct 17

-began discussion of designing the car (Pam and Fatima)

-searched the internet for ideas

-began the bare bones of the wheel and axel base

 

Nov 5

-preliminary design of the car body

-sketched the tires on the cardboard and started cutting some of them

 

Nov 6

-finished cutting the tires and glued them together

-Sketched the base and the body

-started planning the days of when the group members would be meeting

 

Nov 11

-placed the axels inside the tubes (Mandeep and Fatima)

-glued the tires onto the axels.

 

Nov 12

-started work on base (cut cardboard)

-folded cardboard into a fan


-glued fan onto a cardboard base

-glued the base onto the axels

 

Nov 20

-inspected the base, Pamela sat on the base to see if it would hold

-glued twine (reins) on cardboard tubes

-started building the body (sleigh)

 

Nov 24

-wrapped body with Christmas wrapping paper

-connected the back part (trunk) of the sleigh

 

Nov 26

-glued the body onto the base

 

Now 27

-commenced the decorations

 

Nov 30

-final decorations


Nov 5: Design of Base (w/ tires and axels)
Nov 5: Design of Base (with tires and axels)
Original design of tires and part of the base

Nov 6: Design of Base
Nov 6: Design of Base
Design of base on the axels and tires

Nov. 11: Axels and Tires
Nov. 11: Tires glued to Axels
Tires cut, glued, shaped and glued to the axels =)

Nov. 12: Fatima Working o.O hehe
Nov. 12: Fatima Working on Car
Fatima helping make the fan-shaped base



Design of Sleigh Nov 12
Design of Sleigh
Design of the body: Santa's Sleigh ^-^

Nov. 20: Pam on Base
Nov. 20: Pam on Base
Pam testing out the base of the car. Success!

Nov. 24: Sleigh Body Wrapped
Nov. 24: Sleigh Body Wrapped
Body of car-sleigh shape has been officially wrapped! wooop!

Nov. 26: Sleigh Body on Base
Nov. 26: Sleigh Body on Base
Body glued onto base. Decorating time! ^-^

Dec 2: Race Day
Dec 2: Race Day
Pamela beside the sleigh getting ready to go with her helmet gear!

Santa's Workshop, North Pole, HOH OHO, Canada