Models of military equipment with their own hands like to create both children and many men. This exciting hobby can be used in the process of collecting crafts from military technology, in working with schoolchildren to give dads gifts on February 23 or at an exhibition dedicated to the Great Victory Day.
Many preschool children love to play with cars and tanks, airplanes and armored vehicles. The guys will also be happy to provide all possible assistance in creating a mock-up of military equipment with their own hands. For very young children, dads or older brothers can build equipment of such a size that the baby can get in there and play with friends in the room.
Corrugated Cardboard Tank
To create military equipment from waste material, you need to find an old packing cardboard box. A corrugated board product will be dense and will be easier to play with. For the main part of the hull of the tank you will need a strip of cardboard 16-20 cm wide and 60 cm long. This strip is twisted into a pipe, gluing the thin sides of the rectangle together. The result was a tank hull. Next, create the shape of a small box and attach it to the top. This is a tank tower.
Then we begin work on the tracks. Gently remove the top layer of paper from the cardboard so that the corrugated part remains on top. Then we cut out two strips 4 cm wide, the length corresponding to the perimeter of the body. The wavy part of the element is located outward, and the smooth side is smeared with PVA glue and glued to the edges of the body from two sides. The caterpillar is ready.
The wheels are created from twisted strips, 3 pieces on each side. They need to be firmly glued in the middle of the caterpillar. With a do-it-yourself mock-up of military equipment, it remains only to create a gun. First, make a triangular base where the barrel of the barrel will be inserted. It can be twisted from a simple cardboard or from a thin layer of the same box from which the entire layout was made.
Another tank layout
This version of the tank is also made of dense packing cardboard. In the manufacture of military equipment from paper and cardboard , do-it- yourselfers often use junk material. This saves a lot of money. And to collect such models is easy. This version of the tank is made whole by folding and folding cardboard. The hull is assembled with the tower. To do this, take a wide strip and bend to form the hull and tower. Then the sides are cut along the contour, they are glued to the tape or from the inside onto strips of paper. A square hole is cut with a sharp knife from above. This is the hatch of the tank in which the child can put soldiers.
Caterpillars do the same and attach them on the sides. It remains to roll a triangular muzzle from cardboard and, having made a hole of the same shape in front of the tower, insert the gun barrel there. That's it, a mock-up of military equipment is done with your own hands! You can start the game.
Big plane
Such a large fighting vehicle is made for kids. They can sit there and fly a plane while playing in the room. Making such a toy is easy. You need to take a large box and cut off the closing part - the lid. On the sides you need to cut out semicircular entrance places so that it is convenient for the child to climb into it.
On two sides - two slots where the wings are inserted. As you can see in the photo, making them simple. The screw is glued on the front. You can attach it with a bolt, then the baby will be able to twist it. Children love dynamic toys.
The final touch when doing the job will be the tail. For such a structure, a rounded triangle should be glued to the cardboard strip in the center.
DIY paper machines
Schemes of various machines, including military equipment, can be found on sale - in stationery and toy stores. There are a number of magazines that produce ready-made schemes that are bought by both children and collectors of military equipment.
The purchase option is enough to cut with scissors and glue together, spreading white corners with PVA glue. If you don’t have such a scheme, you can use the drawing of the combat vehicle presented in the article and, after redrawing it, put together a ready-made layout.