Chick Project
Printable instructionsInstruction card, PDF
Download PDFWhat you need
- Yellow conductive dough
- Orange conductive dough
- White insulating dough
- 2 LEDs
- Battery holder with 4 AA batteries
Steps
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Make the head from two round halves of yellow dough with a thin piece of white insulating dough between them. Put the pieces together as shown.
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Push the LEDs into the head, with the legs in the yellow dough. The long legs of both LEDs go into the same yellow half.
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Use orange dough to make a beak to finish the face. Pressing a small dent into the yellow dough helps hold the beak in place.
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Use yellow dough to make two wings and a round body. Attach the wings to the body.
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Attach the head to the top of the body.
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Use orange dough to make the feet and attach them to the body.
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Push the battery holder's red and black wires into the yellow dough of the head. The red wire goes into the half with the long LED legs. Then turn on the battery holder to light up the LEDs.