Art question: How to make a tin man?
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at
1:30 am
OK…..we were at the flea market last weekend and my son saw a tin man (I’m not sure exactly what they’re called) but it was basically a tin man made out of cans. He has all of the different sizes of cans but we’re not sure how to go about making it. Any ideas or websites that would help would be great.
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http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf471530.tip.html
You will find instructions here. or you can copy past this:SUPPLIES:
Awl or Ice Pick
Heavy Wire or Clothes Hanger
Wire Cutters
2 – 1" Wood Screws
1 – 1/2" Metal Screw with Nut
2 – 1" Moveable Eyes
32 oz. Coffee Can
13 oz. Coffee Can
20 oz. Fruit Pie Filling Can
4 – 15 3/4 oz. Vegetable Cans
2 – Sardine Cans
4 Soft Drink Cans
Krylon® Silver Spray Paint
Acrylic Paint – Black, Red
6" Funnel
DIRECTIONS:
1. Open tops of each can and remove contents. Drain cola cans. Spray all cans and funnel with silver paint. Spray funnel inside and out. Let dry completely.
2. With an awl or ice pick, punch holes in vegetable cans, each side, 1/2" from top and bottom. Punch holes in the cola cans, each side, 3 1/2" from the bottom. Turn vegetable cans upside down over the cola cans until the first set of holes on the vegetable can meet the holes on the cola can. Run a 3 3/4" piece of wire through both cans; bend ends of wire. You have just made the arms and legs.
3. Turn sardine cans with open side down (feet). Place each leg combo on the backside of a sardine can. Run wood screw from open side of sardine can through bottom of cola can to attach feet to leg.
4. Turn the 32 oz. coffee can (body) upside down and punch a hole in the center bottom. Punch holes on each side, top and bottom, 1/2" from edge. Punch holes in the fruit can (neck) 2 1/2" from the bottom on each side, and one hole in the center of the bottom. Set neck right side up on the body. Bolt together using a screw and nut.
5. Punch holes in the 13 oz. coffee can (head) in the center bottom and on each side 1 1/2" from the open end. Cut a 20" piece of wire, bend one end. Run up through can, leaving bent end inside can. Drop funnel (hat) upside down over wire and let slide down to rest on top of the head. Curl the top of the wire; this will prevent the wire from coming out and will also be your tin man’s hanger. Place the head down over the neck until the holes meet. Run a 4 1/2" piece of wire through the holes; bend at both ends.
6. Place legs inside open end of body and attach a leg to each side of the body by running a 7" piece of wire through holes. Bend wires at the end. Arms are attached to the outside of the body with a 13" piece of wire.
7. Glue the eyes approximately 1 1/2" from the top of the head. Paint nose, mouth, and ears. Three 1" crcles (buttons) are painted on body. All are black. A red heart is painted on the left side of the chest. (
Get oil barrels or tin foil
well i don’t have a website but you could do it in 3d
use a salderiing gun and a hammer to bend and beat the shape you want and basically weld it all together
this web site has great instructions to make a tin man
http://www.voy.com/101077/3.html
All you need is some wire and something to poke holes in the cans. Simply poke holes where the cans come together and wire them that way. You may want to buy a larger nail or spike for things like eyes, nose, and mouth. Have your son keep all of the cans, wash them and take their labels off and ‘experiment’ with how to fasten them together with some of the extras. Have him build it all by himself, but also have him ‘design’ it before he builds it, by drawing (his drawing doesn’t have to be good, just ‘doable’). This is a wonderful ‘exercise’ in both architecture and mechanical design, and all of my kids made a tin man of some sort at an appropriate age (about 7-10 for my kids).
materials:
cans (different sizes for different body parts)
wire
glue (that can glued cans)
and most important your IMAGINATION
you have all the materials, you can add some if you want.
MATERIALS + IMAGINATION = ART
well…ammonium foil and tape and spray painting stuff silver or what ever color tim you want
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