Mario Automaton
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Everyone's favourite plumber is sure to be popular in most household. So here is how to make a Mario automaton.
Credits
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The templates have all come from MAKE: Craft
Materials & Tools
Paper card
Scissors
Paper
Stanley Knife
Tape
Glue
Pencil
Step 1:
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Print Templates:
Step 2:
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Glue the templates on thicker paper:
Step 3:
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Using a hobby knife, cut the templates out:
Step 4:
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Fold the net as shown:
Step 5:
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Cut out the next cube-net and fold as shown:
Step 6:
Cut out white bits
Step 7:
Cut out the large cylinder net and roll and glue it.
Step 8:
Cut out the 2 red spirals and glue them together like so:
Step 9:
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Cut out the 2 red spirals and glue them together like so:
Step 10:
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Insert cylinder in to cube and attach red cam.
Step 11
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Insert triangular pole with character in to cube.