Unleash your inner inventor with a grabber claw you build yourself! Learn all about the linkage engineering behind this fun project below👇
What you need:
- Craft sticks with holes
- Craft sticks
- Metal brads
- Strong tape or hot glue
- Coloring utensils
- Scissors
- Pencil
How to build a grabber claw:
1. Make 4 stacks of 2 sticks each, and place a metal brad through the center hole of each stack to connect them.
2. Make an X by pushing the sticks apart. Place all the Xs in a line.
3. Connect the ends of each X to the next using brads. Secure all the brads by opening them.
4. Mark 2 inches from the end of 2 plain craft sticks and cut, making 6 pieces total. Keep the 4 curved ends.
5. Tape or glue the curved stick ends to one end of your line of Xs.
6.Flip over and repeat.
7. To use, squeeze and pull your grabber on the open end. When extended, the craft stick ends should touch. What can you pick up?
What’s going on?
This project is a fun way to play with an important concept in m...