This week we made articulated creatures – so creatures with movable limbs. This activity really tested the kids’ ability to think like an engineer. After drawing their creature normally they had to work out which parts would move, then draw those parts separately, scaled up, not forgetting to include space for the parts and the body to overlap to contain the join. Not as easy as they first thought!
The joins were simple wire spirals made on the front and back. This enabled the limbs to be moved in any direction.
Once they were finished and decorated they were ready for animation. I used a simple (and free) stop-motion app on my phone. We will try and update the amazing short videos the kids made..
