1. Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-yourself.com Junk Yard Choose and Use Tricks

2. Collect premium quality junk and sort it. Find light, colorful, playful materials from - Grocery store. - Hardware store. - Parents’ office. - Around the house. One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. www.build-it-yourself.com Choose and Use Trick #1

3. Collect premium quality junk and sort it. Colorful bottle caps Small tin cans Egg carton Straws Ribbons Toy parts Beads & jewelry Paper clips Colorful cloth One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. www.build-it-yourself.com Choose and Use Trick #1 Plastic spoons and forks Wire Pencils Colorful cardboard Hair pins Balls Wine corks Bells

4. Collect premium quality junk and sort it. Decorate a junk box. www.build-it-yourself.com Choose and Use Trick #1

5. Collect premium quality junk and sort it. Why is organizing materials important? Who will find the needed parts first? Builder #1 Builder #2 www.build-it-yourself.com Choose and Use Trick #1

6. Conserve materials. What’s wrong with this picture? www.build-it-yourself.com NOT!!! Choose and Use Trick #2

7. www.build-it-yourself.com Choose and Use Trick #2 Conserve materials. Cut your pieces from the corner of a big sheet and leave rectangles for future needs.

8. Use pliers not scissors to cut hard materials. www.build-it-yourself.com Pipe Cleaners, Coffee Stirrer Sticks Wire, Paper Clips Choose and Use Trick #3

9. Little glue … Lots of pressure. Use a small ‘dab’ of hot glue and press pieces firmly with a stick. www.build-it-yourself.com Choose and Use Trick #4

10. Build to modify or fix your designs. When gluing junk to LEGO mechanisms, glue to the smooth part of a small LEGO piece and snap that piece to the LEGO mechanism. These signs can be easily interchanged! www.build-it-yourself.com Choose and Use Trick #5

11. #1 Collect premium quality junk and sort it. #2 Conserve materials. #3 Use pliers, not scissors to cut hard stuff. #4 Little glue … Lots of pressure. #5 Build to modify or fix your designs www.build-it-yourself.com Choose and Use Tricks #5