Monthly DIY Magazine for Kids Aged 8+ (June 2018)

If you are ‘Fantastic’ then do something ‘Drastic’ to cut the ‘Plastic’

8+ Kids

Beat Plastic Pollution!

If you can’t Reuse it, Refuse it.

The 4Rs Poster Inside

DIY Magazine

June 2018

CreativKits’ Environment Special is hosted by

Instein, the Artsy, EagleEye, Gadgeteer & Maker

Table of Contents 1. Design Your Own T-Shirt Transfer 04 Introduction 04/05 Things you will need 06 Instructions 07/08/09 2. DIY Macramé Key-chain Introduction

Things you will need Instructions

10 10/11 12 13/14/15

THE 4-Rs WALL POSTER 3. Build your own Robotic Hand 16 Introduction

16/17 Things you will need 18 Instructions 19 4. Assemble your own Telescope 20 Introduction

20/21 Things you will need 22 Instructions 23/24/25 Types of Telescopes 25

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Art & Craft and Plus Kits

DIY Macramé Keychain

Design Your Own T-Shirt Transfer

Art & Craft Combo & Plus Kits

Build your own Robotic Hand Assemble your own Telescope Science, Combo & Plus Kits Science & Plus Kits

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Activity 1:

Design Your Own T-Shirt Transfer

20% OF INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION COMES FROM TEXTILE DYEING Garments produced each year = 80,000,000,000 Synthetic Chemicals used to dye them = 8,000 Synthetic dyes pollutes our Drinking Water and Kills many Animals and Fishes!

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Introduction • Knowledge Nugget •

How can you help?

• REFUSE a plastic bag when you go for shopping.

Either carry your own bag or ask for a bag which can be recycled. Refuse single-use plastic wherever you can!

• REDUCE number of clothes you buy and also ask the shopkeeper if the cloths were dyed using chemicals?

• REUSE your current clothes before buying new ones.

Always ask this question before buying new cloths “Do I really need new cloths, or current will last longer?”

• RECYCLE your old clothes for different purposes. You can use them for cleaning and also for some creative purposes like Creating Art using them.

How about printing your own T-Shirt to avoid all the synthetic dyes getting dumped into our rivers?

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Activity 1:

Design Your Own T-Shirt Transfer

Things you will need •

What do you need for T-Shirt Transfer? ❷ T-Shirt Transfer Paper ❶ T-Shirt

❸ Permanent

Markers

❹ Computer / Tablet /

Smart-phone (Optional)

❺ Printer

(Optional)

❼ Cardboard or Chopping ❻ Scissors (Not included)

board to go in the T-shirt ❽ Iron Box ❾ Baking Paper (Not Included) (Not Included) (Not included)

Note: Brand, Colour, Packaging and Quantity may differ based on activity requirements and availability.

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Instructions (1/3) •

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Watch the Instruction Video to learn how to do T-shirt Transfer: https://youtu.be/B4S_ygcnWlQ

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nce you have gathered all material, follow these steps. Make sure your mum or dad is watching over while you do this so that you can reach out to them when needed.

Step 1: Get Ready

Gather all the material required and use a flat surface like a table or a bench to do the activity. Keep some tissues or kitchen towel ready for use in case of spillage.

Step 2: Prepare the T-shirt Pre-wash your T-shirt â?ś and allow it to dry.

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Activity 1:

Design Your Own T-Shirt Transfer

Instructions (2/3) •

Step 3: Create your Image Print or draw the design on the Transfer Paper ❷ and allow it to dry thoroughly. Use the clean white side i.e. the side which does not have anything printed on it. The kit contains two A4 size Transfer Paper sheets (folded in half). You only need half of the sheet to print the top part of your T-shirt but if you want to print a full front design then use the full A4 sheet.

Use one of the following methods to create your T-shirt design: 1. Print Your Design: Use a Computer ❹ to create an image to print. If you are a football fan you can choose your team flag. Or, you can pick your favourite player, superhero, animal or abstract art, etc. You can also draw your own design on your tablet or a computer. Once you select/ draw your design, print it using a Printer ❺. If you don’t have a printer at home, you can get your design printed through a local printer or at Officeworks.

Note: The image will be reversed once printed. So, if you are using letters or numbers then make sure they are reversed while printing (choose the right printing option while printing - this may differ based on your printer).

2. Draw Your Design: Use the Permanent Markers ❸ provided (or your own markers) to draw your own design on the Transfer Paper provide. Please note that any design you draw will be reversed when printed on the T-shirt. So, make sure you draw a design which works either ways. Take help from your mum or dad, if required.

Once you complete creating your design, let it dry and then trim the extra paper off using the pair of Scissors ❻. Ideally, you should trim it as close as possible to the outline of your design but need not be perfect with it.

Step 4: Setting up the Iron Box ❽ 1. Use a hard and flat surface such as workbench or table which will not react to heat. Do not use an ironing board as the image may distort when fused due to the soft surface.

2. Adjust your iron to the cotton settings and turn off the steam function. Allow the iron to heat to the desired temperature i.e. around 185 degrees Celsius.

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Instructions (3/3) • Inspirations • Step 5: Transfer your Design 1. Place a piece of Cardboard ❼ between the front and the back layers of the T-shirt and Iron your T-shirt for 30 seconds. This will ensure that there are no wrinkles or excess moisture on your T-shirt.

2. Now, place your Transfer paper on the T-shirt with the design-side down. Adjust the position based on where you want the design to appear on the T-shirt.

3. Now, place a Baking Paper ❾ on the Transfer Paper and begin ironing in a smooth consistent circular motion while applying heavy pressure. Use the heel of the iron as this area has the highest temperature. You must iron for at least 40-50 seconds for the transfer to complete.

4. After ironing, test the results by slowly peeling a corner off. If you can see the edge of the image properly transferred then remove the backing paper completely.

You can confirm if the transfer was successful by noticing the edges around your design on your T-shirt - If the edges are transparent, the transfer is successful.

Your very OWN Custom designed T shirt is ready to ROCK!

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Activity 2:

DIY MacramĂŠ Key-chain

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Introduction • Fun Facts •

Macramé is a form of textile made using knotting (rather than weaving or knitting) techniques.

Macramé is back in style!

Macramé comes from a 13th-century Arabic weavers’ word migramah meaning “fringe”. This refers to the decorative fringes on camels and horses which help, amongst other things, to keep the flies off the animal in the hot desert regions of northern Africa.

Another school of thought indicates that it comes from Turkish makrama, “napkin” or “towel”, and was a way to secure the ends of pieces of weaving by using the excess thread and yarn along the top and bottom edges of loomed fabrics.

Macramé was most popular in the Victorian era. Sylvia’s Book of Macramé Lace (1882), a favourite, showed readers how “to work rich trimmings for black and coloured costumes, both for home wear, garden parties, seaside ramblings, etc. Though the craze for macramé faded, it regained popularity during the 1970s as a means to make wall hangings, articles of clothing, bedspreads, small jean shorts, tablecloths, draperies, plant hangers and other furnishings.

Scan and Learn Want to be part of over 600 years old tradition of Macramé?

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Activity 2:

DIY Macramé Key-chain

Things you will need •

What do you need to make Macramé Key-chain? ❶ Macramé Cord ❸ Wooden Beads ❷ Key Rings

❹ Plastic Beads

❺ Embroidery

Thread

❻ Scissors (Not included)

Note: Brand, Colour, Packaging and Quantity may differ based on activity requirements and availability.

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Instructions (1/3) • Information Video •

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Watch the Instruction Video to make Square Macramé Key-chain: https://youtu.be/4acLi0S4geQ

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ather all the material required and use a flat surface like a table or a bench to do the activity. Make sure an adult is watching over in case you need help.

Step 1: Get Ready Gather all material required and use a flat surface like a table or a bench to do the activity.

Step 2: Cutting the Cord Cut two lengths of Macramé Cord ❶. Bring the ends of each cord together to find the centre point of the cord. Loop the centre point over one of the Key Rings ❷, and feed the ends through until the cord secured tightly to the support. This is a Lark’s head knot. The inner two strands should be 1/3 and the outer strands should be 2/3 of the full length. This is because the inner 2 cords never move, while the outer cords are used up faster by tying the knots. Refer image ① on your right.

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DIY Macramé Key-chain

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Step 3: Making the Square Knot 1. The centre two strings simply hang straight down. Take the left side outer string and loosely cross it over the two centre strings. Notice it creates a loop in the shape of number 4. Refer image ②.

2. Bring the right side outer string behind both centre strings up and through the of shape 4 loop. Refer image ③.

3. Pull both two outer strings tight until they rest up against the previous knot on the key ring. This is half of our square knot. Refer image ④.

4. Start from the right side outer string and loosely cross it over the two centre strings.

Notice it creates a loop in the shape of number 4 in backwards. Refer image ⑤.

5. Bring the left side outer string behind both centre strings up and through the of shape 4 loop.

6. Pull both two outer strings tight until they rest up against the previous knot on the key ring. This step will complete your square knot. Refer image ⑥.

7. Repeat this step to make 8 to 10 square knots.

Step 4: Adding the Bead 1. Add your bead by pulling the centre strings through the hole of the bead and slide the bead up to the base of the knots. Refer image ⑦.

2. Add another square knot below the bead to secure it in the place. You can then add another bead if you like or continue tying more square knots. Refer image ⑧.

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Instructions (3/3) • Some Inspirations • Step 5: Finishing the Key-chain 3. When you are finished with tying square knots, take all the 4 strings and tie them together in a simple knot. Refer image ⑨.

4. You can choose to leave long tails or add more beads in each of the 4 strings and secure the beads it with a simple knot in each end. Refer image ⑩.

Your very own macramé Key-chain is ready!

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One you finish the Square Knot, try the Macramé Spiral Knot using this video: Scan and Watch

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Watch the Instruction Video to make Spiral Macramé Key-chain: https://youtu.be/FV4qs3azzG8

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Activity 3:

Build your own Robotic Hand

8,164,662,660 Kilos of plastic waste flows into the oceans every year.

That’s the equivalent of five grocery bags of plastic trash sitting on every foot of coastline around the world.

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Introduction • Fun Facts •

How can you help?

Apart from REFUSE REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE you can help build the technology which can clean our earth from this harmful waste. Following are examples of innovations already underway. Can you think of more?

rm A g n li c y c e Robotic R

Ocean Floo r Cleaner

Key skills you’d need to build robots are: Electronics, Mechanics and Programming.

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Activity 3:

Build your own Robotic Hand

Things you will need •

Contents of the Robotic Hand Kit are:

Hand Frame

Finger Tubes (x 5)

String

Finger End Caps (x 5)

Pull Rings (x 3)

Scissors (Not included)

Note: Design and Packaging may differ based on activity requirements and availability.

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Instructions •

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nce you have gathered all material, follow these steps. Make sure your mum or dad is watching over while you do this so that you can reach out to them when you needed.

Your Robotic Hand

Your Instruction Booklet

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Alternatively, watch this Instruction Video to follow the steps: https://youtu.be/So2LyfEPwK0

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Activity 4:

Assemble your own Telescope

Not only Earth, We must

To clean this waste, you have to see it first.

Let’s learn how to make a Telescope.

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Introduction • Fun Facts •

t clean-up our Space too!

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Activity 4:

Assemble your own Telescope

Things you will need •

What do you need to Assemble a Mini-Telescope? ❶ Thick Plastic Tube

❷ Thin Plastic Tube

❸ Dew Shield

❹ Thumb

screw

❻ Small

T-screw

❺ Depression

Cup

❼ Wide

T-screw

❾ Large Lens ❿ Small Lens

Stickers (x 2)

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❽ Plastic

Fixer Ring

Instructions (1/3) •

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Watch this video to know How Telescopes Work?: https://youtu.be/5v7bN13PjZ8

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nce you have gathered all material, follow these steps. Make sure your mum or dad is watching over while you do this so that you can reach out to them when needed.

Step 1: Get Ready Gather all the material required and use a flat surface like a table or a bench to do the activity. Keep some tissues or kitchen towel ready for use in case of spillage.

Step 2: Preparing the Objective Lens Tube 1. Use the Thick Plastic Tube ❶ and the Depression Cup ❺. Push the depression cup at one end of the Thick Plastic Tube. Refer image ① & ②.

2. Take the Dew Shield ❸ and push the Large Lens ❾ in the dew shield. The curved side of the lens should be facing down while pushing it in the Dew Shield. Refer image ③ & ④.

3. Fix the Dew Shield (with the lens) to the Thick Plastic Tube side which contains the Depression Cup. Refer image ⑤.

4. Your “Objective Lens Tube” is now complete. Keep it aside for later use.

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Activity 4:

Assemble your own Telescope

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Step 3: Preparing The Eye Piece Tube 1. Use the Thin Plastic Tube ❷ and fix the Small T-Screw ❻ to one side of the tube.

Refer image ⑥ & ⑦.

2. Make the Wide T-Screw ❼ and push it half way through the Thin Plastic Tube from the open end. Refer image ⑧ & ⑨.

3. Use the Thumb Screw ❹ and add the Small Lens ❿ into the screw. Refer image ⑩ 4. Add the Plastic Fixer Ring ❽ on the Small Lens to fix it tightly into the screw. Refer image ⑪.

5. Add this assembled screw to the open end of the Thin Plastic Tube. Refer image ⑫. Your “Eye Piece Tube” is ready.

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Instructions (3/3) • Step 4: Assembling The Telescope 1. Push the assembled “Eye Piece Tube” into the “Objective Lens Tube” from the side which is open. Refer image ⑬.

2. Fix the loose Wide T-Screw onto the tube such that the two tubes connect together. Refer image ⑭.

3. Now, you should be able to move the Eye Piece Tube in and out of the Objective Lens Tube.

4. Use the Stickers to cover the two plastic tubes. Refer image ⑮.

Step 5: Using Your Telescope Your very own assembled Telescope is ready! Place the eye piece tube lens on your eye and zoom in and out the objective lens tube to focus on a far object. Best place to do this is your backyard. Observe and you can see the world UPSIDE DOWN!

Types of Telescope

Reflector Telescopes

Refractor Telescope

Catadioptric Telescope

use mirrors instead of lenses to gather light and produce clear and magnified images. A large concave mirror focuses the light, and a much smaller secondary mirror redirects the light into the eyepiece.

are the earliest type of telescopes.

Basically just a long tube with lenses on the ends, these small telescopes gather and concentrate light by passing the light through the common focal point of the two lenses.

are the best of both worlds. They combine a lens (like a refractor) with two mirrors. They are a bit fancier in design and are usually more compact the other two. They are, however also the most expensive.

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TED Videos Worth Watching...

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Straw No More

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https://youtu.be/Rr5Py1r9xjw Straw No More - Molly Steer, 9 Yrs old, Cairns, Australia Nine year-old Molly saw the damage that disposable plastics do to the ocean, and knew she had to do something. With all the innocence of youth, she set about convincing schools to remove single use plastic straws from their tuckshops. Molly Steer is 9 years old and is in grade 4 at school in Cairns.

What really happens to the plastic you throw away?

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https://youtu.be/_6xlNyWPpB8 What really happens to the plastic you throw away - Emma Bryce 26 of 28

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