Junk-Bots!

 Meet the Junk-Bots!

 My 6 year old son loves to collect "treasures"
Also know as junk.  Street trash...hardware, bottlecaps, metal things...
It all ends up in the house in his little pockets.

 I decided we needed to give them a purpose!

 So we created darling little blocky robots!
The perfect combo of garbage and friendship!

 I cut 3 inch blocks of wood from a piece in the scrap pile.
We also got all the treasures in one place.
I collected a few other bits and pieces from the craft supply...
things like binder clips, safety pins, zipper heads...and other metal things.

 After deciding which pieces to use...which took a long time and lots of creativity!

 Then we hot glued or screwed the pieces right on the blocks!
After playing with them religiously everyday for a couple months...
we've had to re-glue some pieces.
I'd recommend just using E6000 from the start!

 He was super proud of his creations.
I love it when he gets into a creative kick!

 My daughter did one.
We put a ring back on the backside of it...

 So it could be worn as a chunky ring!
(okay, as a joke!)

 But the binder clips on the heads...

 Make a perfect card or photograph holder too!
This helps them earn their keep!

 Using hooks for arms is fun to link them together like a barrel of monkeys!

 Super fun for little boys!

A whole clan of Junk-bots!

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