After reading about "drawbots" on Irresistible Ideas for Playbased Learning I was inspired to create something of my own. My son has several remote control vehicles and after applying the right amount of tape and markers, we created our own RC "drawbots".
Our first prototype was a fire engine with 4 markers taped in various places around the truck.
The remote is very simple for this vehicle. The truck goes forwards and in circles creating a modern masterpiece!
Opening the paper pad created a larger creative space.
Our 2nd prototype was a non-RC train which you had to rev in order to work. It didn't move very far and was a dud.
Our third prototype was an RC spaceship. The drawback with this vehicle is as soon as you turn it on, it moves forwards. You have to be quick on the remote or the spaceship leaves the drawing space. It was too difficult to control in this situation.
The winner was the firetruck! Easy for a preschooler to use and it was fun to draw multicolored circles. Large pieces of paper are best for this project. My driveway was very colorful afterward but I figure, that's what rain is for!
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Yeeehaaaa ... What fun! Aren't they cool Rachele AND super fun (for all ages!)
ReplyDeleteDonna :) :)
I was also inspired by that post, and have been thinking on how we can, ahem, give it a spin. I love your version with the RC vehicles, and now I'm wishing we had a few of those to play with. I'll be on the hunt now that it's garage sale season :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so neat. What a creative idea. I would never have thought of this. We don't have any remote control cars but we should!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this with the outdoor play link up.
We love drawbots. They are sooo much fun. I like your nice big-boy twist with the RC vehicles. I just taped some markers to the back of J's toy cars :) Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea! Thanks for linking!
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