Make your own dancing collage automata! Build your character using collage pieces and then bring them to life with cranks and linkages. Project designed by Loulou Cousin.

This is a downloadable kit. You can buy the physical kit here: https://cabaret.co.uk/product/mini-automata-kit/

Your download includes:

• Box template
• Collage & outlines sheets
• Instruction booklet
• Link to instruction video

You will need:

• A printer & plain paper
• Card around 300 gsm, like a cereal box
• 18 gauge or 1mm wire
• A pair of pliers that can also cut wire
• Split Pins / Metal Paper Fasteners / Mini
• Brads, 4.5mm x 8mm
• A glue stick
• Sticky tape
• A pencil eraser or cutting mat
• Scissors
• Something to pierce a hole in the card, such as a compass or a bradawl

Example split pins:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/406372334978

Example wire:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326520841830

View more project examples here.