3D Print: Juniors Using 'Scribble'

Challenge: Make something 'unique' using the scribble tool in Tinkercad.

Background: This activity came about when I was wanting the students who are Y3 and Y4 (some of whom who have just turned seven) to get involved with and be successful with 3D Printing.

Rather than using a template or something that had already been influenced by a design I wanted to have the students experiment with making something unique and new.   

The students used the 'scribble icon' to come up with a. series of designs - and for the sake of an example I printed the cat shown in green above.    There was no linking with the cat - the eyes and ears not being attached to the body meant when it was removed from the printer the print (which was only a small small which took just over half an hour).   While the students were disappointed that the outcome was not successful it took them a new design that was going to include having every aspect of the 'scribble' linked.

An alternative design to that is shown left- although the lettering is slightly hard to read it has a simple message but crucially to the success of the print all of the letters are linked in via the border around the outside of the print.    The print time is still very short well under an hour.   The border around the outside of the lettering gives the lettering itself balance.   While it is not obvious from the photograph shown left it  has a border that is 10mm thick which allows the print to sit comfortably.   We have considered having a series of small prints like this, potentially a different colour that can be placed in order or in sequence to display or have a message.