Background: One of the most successful activities from last year was our Dolls House project which ended up stretching out for an entire year - if you would like to view a recap of that project you can do so by clicking on the link here.
Since that time we have always been aware that the making of scale models or furniture items gives the students opportunities to design 'real' items which they experience with or are familiar with. At times that biggest challenge can come from the scale of the objects that the students are designing. In this instance the student wanted to design something to fit with a 'barbie' scale that is a design that could work in conjunction with the toy.
Level of Difficulty: Medium - this task was really all about the scale. The basic design shape for the fireplace came from the main Tinkercad interface. Further details were added by having the logs introduced inside the fire. Finally a discussion was held about what else could be done - which was the potential spray painting or the applying of a sticker.
This task was completed by an eight year old student without any assistance in their own time.
Size: The fireplace measures 100mm wide at the front and 100mm deep. The main body of the print was 60mm high and the print was on four legs that were 30mm high.
Timeframe: To complete this print the printer was active for four hours. Again as noted the funnel for the flue was relatively short (60mm) and realistically needs to be extended further to be realistic.
What we would do differently/Next steps for the students: From here the students would need to consider decoration of the fireplace - either by spray painting or using the Roland Versa Signmaker.
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