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| |project title=Activity Board
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| |image=activity sloth.jpg
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| |status=done
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| |date=May 2021
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| |initiator={{£}}
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| |materials=[[plywood]], lots of interesting "junk" and small hardware
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| |tools=[[projector]], [[jigsaw]], [[Eccentric Sander|eccentric sander]]
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| |software=[[inkscape]]
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| |cost=15 €
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| Do you know a 1- to 2-year-old? Have a bunch of shiny/moving/generally interesting hardware that you saved from the trash but didn't really know what for? Then an activity board is what you need to make!
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| Also known as "busyboard", it is basically a small wall with everyday things a small child could like to play with (and/or practice how to use them).
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| == Activities ==
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| When you look around for inspiration, some things just seem to be in every activity board...I did include some of those, but mostly went with what I had in my <strike>junk</strike>''recycled material'' collection and tried to assume what the little one would most enjoy based on recent obsessions ;-)
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| * shoelaces threaded through a bunch of ring screws
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| * zipper
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| * pockets from old cargo shorts (two kinds of buttons)
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| * tiny door
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| ** hinge
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| ** sliding latch ''(Riegel)'' keeping it shut
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| ** hidden drawing (just a stick figure so far) as a reward
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| * power switch (heavy duty) - thanks [[Johannes]], gotta know that as a kid :-P
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| * lightswitch
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| * small toggle switch
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| * ''Kaltgerätestecker'' extension cord (m/f to connect with itself)
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| * phone (or remote - anything with nice buttons)
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| * laboratory gas valve & rotary encoder - turning stuff is fun!
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| * shiny CD (WinXP) on a string
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| * magnet on a string (surrounded by many magnetizable items, e.g. a large nut)
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| * velcro tape
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| * old ski binding (nice squeaky sound when flipped)
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| * window handle
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| * compression spring (awesome sound, screwed down with a slotted [[washer]] at one end)
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| * Nalgene bottle (great to "hide" things in)
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| * length of threaded rod with wing and hex [[nuts]] (held upright between two ring screws with [[Lock Nuts|lock nuts]])
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| ''More info on how I cut the shape when I get to it...let me know if you're interested and I should hurry up!''
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| [[Category:Toys & Games]]
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