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First 3D House

Flat, filled PLA panels become a colorful little house: four walls, an open window, and two roof panels. A recreational activity for home or a workshop, with help positioning and tacking the parts.

Age
10+ years
Length
approx. 85 min
Level
Easy
Where you teach
Home
Purpose
Creative
Worksheet Guide (colour) Guide (ink-saving)

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How to run this session

Stages and timing
  1. Six outlines
  2. Colored edge and cooling
  3. Position and tack the first corner
  4. Position and tack the rear wall
  5. Close and tack the four walls
  6. Reinforce the checked corners
  7. Tack the roof on both sides
  8. Stand up your house

What gets built

Assemble a recognizable model from a few simple flat parts.

What it practises
  • Filling flat outlines
  • Fitting and tacking cool panels
  • Checking the structure's stability

Success criteria
  • Four filled walls surround an empty interior.
  • Two roof panels meet at the ridge and are attached to both side walls.
  • The window opening remains clear.
  • The house stands unsupported on a flat worktop and does not rock.
  • The participant chooses the colors of the walls, roof, and frame.

What you need
Filament
PLA
Colours
yellow — walls and corner seams, brick red — roof panels and roof seams, turquoise — window frame
Also
3D pen compatible with 1.75 mm PLA — 1 item, Transparent mat for a 3D pen with a usable area of at least 20 × 26 cm — 1 piece, Printed panel templates 1:1 — 1 set, Flat, stable worktop — 1 workstation, Standard ruler with millimetre markings — 1 piece, Paper scissors — 1 piece

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