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Description

Let your imagination run free as you use your skills to design and make a robot, then show it off on the robot runway.

Resources

You will need
Clean items of recycling
PVA glue
Sticky tape
A4 paper
Pens or pencils
Something to protect surfaces (for example, newspaper or tablecloths)
A selection of random objects (for example, a pencil, banana, plastic bowl)

Instructions

Before you begin
You could ask everyone to collect clean items of recycling at home.
Put all of the materials in one place (for example, on a big table) so everyone can see them easily.
Cover surfaces with newspaper (or washable table cloths).
Play ‘Yes and…’ to develop ideas
Everyone should sit in a circle.
The person leading the activity should explain that things we throw away can be recycled or reused to become useful or creative. Plastic bottles, for example, can be turned into rain jackets, and scraps of paper can become art if people draw on them.
The person leading the activity should explain that everyone will be making robots out of junk. They should explain that this game will help people think creatively and see rubbish differently.
The person leading the game should take the first random object, for example, a pencil.
You could also use random pieces of the clean recycling.
They should pass it to the person next to them, who should suggest a way it could be used to build a robot. Everyone should call out ‘yes, and…’, and the person holding the object should pass it on.
When the next person gets the object, they should suggest a different way it could be used to build a robot. Everyone should call out ‘yes, and…’ again, and the person should pass the object on.
Everyone should repeat steps five and six to keep passing the object on until everyone’s run out of ideas.
For example, the pencil could be a robot’s antenna, or a magic screwdriver, or a rocket pack.
The person leading the game should reveal a new object, and everyone should continue playing from the place the old object had got to.
Design and make robots
The person leading the activity should give everyone a piece of paper and a pencil.
Everyone should use their imagination and think about what they’d like their robot to look like. What functions might it have? Does it have any special skills?
Everyone should make a list of the things they’ll use to make their robot. It may help if people label their designs to show what they’ll use to make each bit, then write a separate list.
Everyone should visit the materials, and take what they need to make their robot.
It’s OK if people can’t use exactly what they were hoping for – they can think on their feet and find something else.
Everyone should use the glue and sticky tape to stick the materials they’ve gathered together to make the robot they designed.
Helpers should support people with gluing and fixing if they need it.
Once their robot is finished, everyone should think of a name for it. People’s choices could reflect their robot’s powers or skills, for example, ‘Cruncher the homework muncher’ or ‘Tahir the toy tidier’.
Present the robots on the runway
The person leading the activity should create a space for the runway.
You could play some upbeat music and add disco lights for more of a catwalk feel. Maybe someone could even take photos of each robot as it walks down the runway.
Everyone should sit at the sides of the runway.
The person leading the game should introduce the first person, and they should tell the everyone what their robot is called and what it does.
The first person should walk down the runway with their robot so everyone can see. Everyone should applaud them for their great work.
Everyone should repeat steps three and four, taking it in turns to introduce their robot and walk it down the runway.

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