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Chair for a small character

Build a miniature chair for an imaginary small character from four parts. Choose the colours and infill strips, join the cool parts and use the piece of furniture in your scene.

Age
10+ years
Length
approx. 80 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. Make two identical sides
  2. Start the seat
  3. Finish the seat
  4. Make the backrest
  5. Join the seat to the first side
  6. Position the second side and align the legs
  7. Position and attach the backrest
  8. Check and use the chair

What gets built

Build a clearly recognisable miniature piece of furniture from simple components.

What it practises
  • Building infill from joined PLA strands
  • Positioning and joining cool parts in space
  • Choosing colours and a pattern to suit your own idea

Success criteria
  • All four legs rest on one flat tabletop.
  • The seat is level, and the backrest is upright and does not detach when the cool part is touched lightly.
  • The infills are consistent; the chair has a role in an imaginary scene.

What you need
Filament
PLA
Colours
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Also
3D pen compatible with PLA, PLA filament in selected colours, Transparent mat suitable for PLA, with a clear area of 230 × 150 mm, Two copies of the page with the W01 and W02 templates, printed at 100% scale, Regular scissors for trimming the paper patterns, Standard ruler with millimeter markings, preferably 30 cm

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