Robots in all Shapes and Sizes

What a fun group we had yesterday at Whole Foods Market, Bethesda! We assembled together to make robots (or just robot parts. Or whatever else might have emerged from these creative minds upon seeing all of our super cool "scrap"). We may have actually had too many different materials and tools to choose from:

Yup, those are floppy disks -- in TWO sizes! We also used empty containers, plastic thingies of somewhat-unknown-origin, remote control and keyboard guts, bottle lids and caps in every size and color, and plenty more. Surprisingly, the shiny papers and foils weren't even touched!

This guy is based on an existing video game character. Do you recognize him?

A few of our happy customers show off their creatures:

And here are some of the other items our participants thought up. The first shown here has the wheels rigged so that they can spin!:

So cute!

These works in progress have me hoping we'll receive photos of the finished versions:

SCRAP fans never need a reason to craft other than, "I'm feeling crafty," but this was a practice run for the Mini Maker Faire, coming to Silver Spring, MD this September. There, you can talk to Makers of all ages. And be sure to see what the interactive, hands-on booths have going on. You may be able to wire up a SCRAPpy robot so that it moves or does other stuff on its own. Hope to see ya there!