Little children love toys, but they quickly get bored with them. To interest them and carry away, you can try to make something yourself. A good option in this case is a tank made with your own hands. Everyone can make it easy, with only a little effort and patience.
What materials can I use to make a tank?
As materials for the construction of the tank, anything can be used. It can be plasticine, matchboxes, wood, cardboard or ordinary office paper. Everyone can choose what will be interesting and convenient for him. Sometimes the idea of making a tank with one's own hands comes unexpectedly, and then a variety of materials come into play, which are under the ruble.
The first option is a paper tank
It is not necessary to make a large and sturdy tank. You can collect a few small items and arrange a battlefield. In order to make one such a tank with their own hands, you will need only a landscape sheet, a square of paper 9x9 cm and an adhesive tape to fix the details. First, you need to fold a piece of paper in half along. It must be turned vertically to its side and bent the left long corner to the side that is longer. After that, the sheet needs to be unfolded and repeat the same for the other 3 corners. Should be X bottom and top. After that, take the left and right sides of X and fold them into a triangle. To do the same it is necessary and from other edge. Small triangles, which turned out from above and from below, it is necessary to turn to the left. Then bend to the center the figure that formed on the right, and bend it back. On the opposite side you need to do all the same. As a result, the caterpillars of the tank will be obtained. Two small triangles need to be bent to the top of the big one. The workpiece should be turned over and pulled back the top edge. Triangles from below need to be folded together and bend the preforms back. All bends should be ironed. The resulting triangles at the bottom should be tucked under the ones that remained above. Formed the tower of the tank. The folds on the sides must be straightened. These will be caterpillars. The square must be twisted into a tube and sealed with adhesive tape. The result is a muzzle, which is inserted into the lower part. Such models of tanks, made with their own hands, will perfectly suit the game. Those who are fond of origami, to collect such an article will not be difficult.
The second option is a tank from improvised means
You can make a toy tank from any improvised means. In this case Tubes of toilet paper in the amount of 4 pieces, 2-3 match boxes, A4 paper, a tube of juice, glue and scissors are used. First you need to glue together 3 tubes. On top of them should be glued matchboxes. As a result, the shape of the pyramid will be obtained. From above it is necessary to glue a small tower from the trimming from the toilet paper tube. In this form is not a very beautiful hand-crafted article. The tank itself should be completely coated with PVA and pasted with plain paper. From the straw from the juice you need to make a muzzle. To do this, it should be wrapped in paper and glued to the tank. A finished product can be colored. With the help of paints the product will look like a real tank.
The third option is a corrugated cardboard tank
A corrugated cardboard box will turn out nicer if you immediately use colored Blanks. It is enough to take two contrasting hues. To begin with, you should make long strips 1 cm wide. They can be blue and green. From the first it is necessary to twist two small and two large wheels for one caterpillar and the same for the second one. Next, you need to take a cardboard of a different color, cut out a wide strip of it and make a caterpillar with wheels inside. After that, you can prepare the platform. You need to make a rectangle with folds on both sides. Caterpillars are glued on it. To the tank, glued together, turned out more beautiful, you can glue two blue stripes on top. In the middle is a tower made of twisted cardboard and a cannon. Such a tank will be very durable.
The fourth option - a tank of ordinary cardboard
To make a tank of cardboard with their own hands is not at all difficult. First you need to cut two long strips 2 cm wide. They should be glued together in a ring. As the basis of the craft, you need a solid sheet of cardboard rectangular shape. It is necessary to glue two rings in parallel. These will be caterpillars. On the foundation you need to glue the platform. It should be located in the middle and fit the size. From above it is necessary to glue a small tower from the same cardboard. You need to make a gun. To do this, a piece of cardboard must be rolled into a tube. On the one hand, it should be cut, bent from all sides and glued to the tower of the tank. It remains only to paint the resulting craft. Such a tank will be installed on a platform, it can be put on a shelf or given to someone.