building with cardboard
Cardboard is a nearly perfect building material. It's cheap (usually free), easy to cut, mold and work with, comes in lots of weights and thicknesses, it's strong yet flexible and your imagination is the limit for what you can build. You can merge cardboard construction with Arduino or Raspberry Pi programming to make your own robot or arcade game. You can use cardboard along with weights and pulleys to make arcade games, construction machinery, cars you can race, or anything else you can think of. Cardboard is also a great prototyping material, because it's so readily available and if you make a mistake, you haven't wasted a lot of expensive material.
We have a supply of ready to use cardboard in the Makerspace, but you can find more in the cafeteria if you ask nicely. Local stores, especially appliance stores, can be sources of nice big sheets. Ask for help from a Librarian if you need larger sheets. We also have sets of MakeDo connectors and saws, to make cutting and connecting your cardboard creations easy. We also have box cutters and a variety of tapes (masking, packing, clear, duct) for assembly.
Check out our Pinterest board for some more cardboard construction ideas, and the YouTube below for extra inspiration.
We have a supply of ready to use cardboard in the Makerspace, but you can find more in the cafeteria if you ask nicely. Local stores, especially appliance stores, can be sources of nice big sheets. Ask for help from a Librarian if you need larger sheets. We also have sets of MakeDo connectors and saws, to make cutting and connecting your cardboard creations easy. We also have box cutters and a variety of tapes (masking, packing, clear, duct) for assembly.
Check out our Pinterest board for some more cardboard construction ideas, and the YouTube below for extra inspiration.