Robot Helper

Why

Get the job done with this robot! It's programmed to inspire kids to help with household chores. Turn children on to art, recycling, and helping others.


Steps

1. Shape the head and eyes for your Robot Helper out of Crayola® Model Magic®. Use chenille sticks and Crayola Glitter Glue to decorate your robot head. Dry.

2. Remove paper wrappers from Crayola Crayons. Place a recycled file folder over a textured object such as the back of a rug or a placemat. Rub with the side of the crayon to make crayon rubbings that show the texture.

3. Use Crayola Metallic FX Crayons or Metallic Colored Pencils to draw and decorate two robot arms using the crayon rubbings. Cut out arms with Crayola Scissors. Glue arms on the sides of a recycled tissue box with Crayola School Glue. Dry.

4. Make hands for the robot with chenille sticks or remaining pieces of the recycled file folder. Glue to the arms. Glue the robot's head on the tissue box. Dry.

5. Cut card-size pieces of construction paper. Write chores or other helping ideas on each one. Place cards in the robot's hand. Decorate your Robot Helper with Hallmark stickers.

Safety Guidelines

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.

Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough With Small Parts— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—

  • Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
  • Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
  • Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
  • If the arts & crafts project involves making small objects, follow the small parts/choking hazards standards: WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years."
  • The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
  • Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
  • Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient. Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic, and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Glitter Glue— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Not for use on skin.

Sharp Point— CAUTION: Contains a functional sharp point and should not be used by children under 4 years. Close adult supervision is required and adult assistance may be needed.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.

Related Crafts

Crafts

 

Supplies

crayola supplies
  • Crayons
  • Metallic FX Crayons
  • Metallic Colored Pencils
  • Model Magic®
  • No-Run School Glue
  • Glitter Glue
  • Blunt-Tip Scissors
household supplies
  • Hallmark stickers
  • textured items, such as sandpaper, screen, paper doilies, rubber sink mat
  • chenille sticks
  • recycled tissue box
  • recycled file folders

Where & When

"My kids eagerly pick job cards from their robot helper! They even made coupons for treats just for me."
Jacyln T., mom of two kids ages 7 and 9.

"The kids wrote memory work on their cards. They pick a new passage to learn each week from their robots."
Brad M., religious education volunteer.


Interesting Info

A robot is any machine programmed by humans to do work on its own. Microwave ovens, traffic lights, and alarm clocks are really robots. A robot camera named Jason, attached to a submarine, was first to explore the sunken shipwreck Titanic in 1986.