3D Printed Student Lip Balm Holder

Heart Shaped Box viewd from above.

Challenge: For student to produce a functional lip balm holder, with a working lid.  The students who created this project were nine years old (working at Y4/5 level in New Zealand)
Background: This is the second featured print from the series previously described here.  The idea was for the student to produce a product that could be marketed to the general public and this is a test pot, featuring the lip balm with the logo of the business allowing people to sample the produce.

Lid wtih rafting present.

Level of Difficulty: Medium - although the print is not significant in size the design featured a working lid that was required to be printed seperately and work together in conjunction with the base.  This required a drop down lid with an insert/lip that would allow it to sit ontop of the base.  The print was successfully completed with the base the first time.  The lid when the 'rafting' was removed (by the teacher with pliers) an adjustment needed to be made with the insert as it required a further layer of removal, this was completed by the parent of the student who designed it, in his workshop at home.  (Had this not been possible we would have simply reprinted the lid with an decreased 'lip' insert which would have been in the one and a half hour to two hour timeframe).
Timeframe: Eight hours - 8mm nozzle size, with standard PLA.   The process was completed by a Tinkercad design followed by a conversion to Cura (the new updated version) and then printed.

Completed print with lid

Size: Both designs were printed 1cm high, a height of 9cm and 6cm across.  The idea was that they would sit in the hand of the person holding them.
What we would do differently: The students have produced something that has solved the brief in a really positive experience for the students.  They were able to design and create an original Tinkercad project which then translated extremely well into a 3D Print.  It was the students first experience with 3D Printing and has allowed an original eye catching prop to be completed for their presentation.