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Marshmallow Space Cannon
See off all alien undesirables with this powerful space cannon. Among other things, you'll need various cardboard tubes and a good supply of marshmallows. |
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Butterfly Hairband
Jazz up a plain hairband with this beautiful butterfly decoration - which even flaps its wings.
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Egg Buggies
Here's a whole new - and very daft - way of looking at eggs on toast.
Awesome off-road egg buggies made from bottle tops, drinking straws, string - and dry toast! |
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Sandcastles Forever
Aren't sandcastles great?
The only trouble is they never last long. Until now, that is! |
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Boomerang
Transform three lolly sticks into a boomerang that really will come back to you! |
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Beat Box Drum Machine
Make your very own musical box from poster tubes, paper fasteners and some plastic cups! |
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Towering Peg Game
It's a game of tension and skill made from clothes pegs and junk CDs! |
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Bonsai
Miniature - and very beautiful - trees.
Want to grow your own? Read on for details. Oriental-style dressing gown optional. |
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Crystal Sculptures
Aren't these fantastic?
They look like they've taken years to make, but in fact they actually grow overnight! |
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Automatic Bubble Blowing Machine
How about this, then?
Once made, it'll give you lots of beautiful bubbles for minimal effort! |
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Make Your Own Wind Instruments
Why not have a go at making a wind instrument out of odds and ends you could find lying around at home? |
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Custard Pie Revenge Game
This is the ultimate game of tension and jeopardy. Get it wrong and you'll get a custard pie slap bang in the kisser!
You don't need any great skill to play, and it's not very difficult to make either! |
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Indoor Gliders
To make these brilliant indoor gliders you'll need polystyrene!
It's light and stiff and is also quite cheap to buy. |
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Kaleidoscope
Turn some sheets of plastic mirror into a great optical toy. |
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Bird Callers
Why not have a go at making these bird callers out of household odds and ends? |
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Puppet Robot
This puppet robot is not only very funny - he (or she) is also good fun to make. |
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Volcano Film Set
Make your own dinosaur disaster movie with a fantastic volcano made from a few things you'll probably be able to find in the kitchen. |
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Decision Master 3000
Take the strain out of making decisions with the Decision Master 3000 - made from crisp tubes, plasti cups, sand and a few other bits. |
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CD Maze
This is a great game!
You have to get to the goal in the corner by avoiding the straws and before the spinning top stops spinning! |
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Stomp Rocket
Want to make your own special remote?
You'll need a pop bottle and a sweet tube! |
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CD Dragsters
Ripcord powered, CD driven, high performance dragsters! |
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Stained Glass Windows
You'll need PVA glue, food colouring, string and a sheet of acetate... |
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Cable Car Game
This is our great cable car game. If you want to make it, you'll need yogurt pots, magnets, rough string, kite line and some paperclips.
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Photographs Without A Camera
These photographs are good fun to make.
They look more like paintings - but believe it or not, they are photographs!
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Depth Charges
Vinegar, baking powder, photographic film containers and sweet tube lids - all you need for a game that's fun to make, play and watch!
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Moiré Cards
These are really original and make a great change to cards that you can buy in the shops.
Next time you've got to send a card, why not have a bash making one? |
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Crane Machine
Why not make this compelling machine? You'll find it very difficult to take your eyes off it!
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Tracing Paper Lamp
Why not have a bash at making this relaxing lamp?
It looks great and is fun to put together.
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Alien Invasion Game
This game has an extra-terrestrial feel and is, of course, good fun to play.
You have to launch flying saucers and try to land them on farms or towns!
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Bongo Boo Bams
Play your own music with some empty tin cans! They're called Bongo Boo Bams, they're really easy to make and above all - they're great fun!
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Tiddlywink Battleships
Make these great metal battleships out of foil food containers.
Plus, find out why they float and then have great fun sinking them with a few tiddlywinks!
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Grabbing Gorilla Game
This is our grabbing gorilla game - and it's great fun!
You have to get as many of the gorilla's bananas as possible, before he realises and grabs you!
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Rain Stick
Have you ever seen or heard one of these before?
It's called a rain stick. They're made in South America and were traditionally used to summon the rains to help crops grow. Want to make your own?
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Concertina Crocodile
This concertina crocodile is amazingly realistic and great for scaring your mates!
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Pinball
This is our pinball game.
It's fairly easy to make and great fun to play.
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Jacob's Ladder
This is our version of a classic toy called a Jacob's ladder.
To make one of your own you'll need some empty audio cassette boxes, three long lengths of ribbon (ideally in different colours) and lots of sticky tape...
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Fizzy Rockets
Lift off!
These fizz-powered rockets are fantastic, and dead easy to make.
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Spinning Chicken
It's crazy spinning chicken time!
Violet's idiotic mechanism is a bit tricky, but if you get it working you'll have poultry in motion!
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Zither
Music, sweet music... from elastic bands! |
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Ginger Beer
Good, old-fashioned, lip-smackin', tongue-curling, throat-jangling ginger beer, with a kick like a mule!
Fantastic stuff, and easy to make.
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