Celebrate the 4th of July with a patroitic robot

If you are having some people over at your house for a Fourth of July barbecue in your backyard, it is time to start decorating.  It would be a great idea to set the table up nicely with American flag paper plates, American flag paper cups, and American flag paper napkins.  In addition to these, you need a center piece that will take your Independence Day decorations to another level, a level worthy of such a monumental holiday.

In this post, you will learn just how to make such an awesome center piece – a patriotic robot!

Materials needed

• Two cardboard paper towel roll tubes – arms
• Duct tape (red, white, blue)
• A clear plastic pail – body
• Two cans of food – legs
• Empty metal can – head

Step-by-step instructions

1. Wrap some red tape all around the bottom half of the cans of food.
2. Attach the cans to the bottom of the pail.
3. Adorn the two cardboard tubes with red and white duct tape.
4. Attach one of these decorated cardboard tubes to each side of the clear plastic pail.
5. Decorate the robot’s face.  You can do this in a number of different ways by using your imagination.  You can draw eyes and a mouth if you want display your artistic abilities, use buttons for the eyes, or carve a mouth and eyes out of excess duct tape.
6. Fill the empty pail – which is the robot’s body – with treats for guests to help themselves to.
7. Place the head on top of the pail.  You may want to put some plastic eating utensils – red, white, and blue, of course – in the robot’s head.
8. Put your patriotic robot on the table next to a glass beverage dispenser and some tasty food!

Craft your way to a very special Independence Day celebration this year!

Tags: american flag paper, glass beverage dispenser

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