Castle and Drawbridge Solutions

Magnificent solutions this week!

Benny and Braidon did a fantastic job! Congrats!





Orca and Alce did a tremendous job as well! Congrats!




Ross, Sadie and March also did a marvelous job! Congrats!







Lukas and Noah did an amazing job too! Congrats!




Selena, Samuel, Solomon, Lily, Josh also did a superb job with their castles with the drawbridges! Congrats!

Castles and Drawbridges

Build a castle with a drawbridge using some/all of the following materials:

cereal boxes
5 index cards
tape
2 pencils
paperclips
2 toilet paper roll
2 spools
string

You may use scissors and markers in construction but not the solution.

Nails and Strings Solutions

Congratulations to the Bray family! They did a marvelous job with this challenge. You can read more here. Here are their solutions:







Orca and Alce also did a fantastic job. They created a "musical instrument", a boat
and a "Chicken on a spit". I absolutely love these!





Simon from Belgium participated for this first time with this challenge and also did an awesome job with the challenge. Congratulations!


More magnificent solutions! Click here!

Nails and string

Sticking with the theme of few parameters and limited materials -- this weeks challenge is to place a box of nails, a board and string on the table. Then, create something.

A hammer may be used in construction but not the solution.

Good luck!

Cool Coin Solutions

Orca, Alce and the Langdons sent in some magnificent coin creations -- congratulations on your clever creations! See if you can match the following solutions up properly:

Eiffel tower, camel, smiley face, piece of chicken in a frying pan, house







Another awesome solution just arrived -- it is a house with a front porch!



And check out these solutions too!

More great solutions from JD and Jackson -- coin house and coin boy! These are fantabulous!

Just pennies

Along the lines of last week's challenge -- place all of the coins from your house on the table. Then build something.

Good luck.

Solutions from around the world!

Paper and Pencils Solutions

We had marvelous participation this week and some magnificent solutions.

Abundant congratulations to:

Orca, Alce, Zee, Boo, Jonathan

Just Pencils and Paperclips

Put a handful of pencils and paperclips on the table.

The challenge is to make something -- anything. If it has articulated components that is even better!

Good luck.

Hook and Ladder Solutions

Congratulations to the only engineers brave enough to complete our challenge:

Boo and Zee.

You can read more about their solution here.

Here are some awesome pictures of some fantastic hook and ladders!







Ish joined in and did a marvelous job! Read more about his creation here: http://whatlittleboysdo.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/make-a-hook-and-ladder/

Hook and Ladder

The challenge:

Build a hook and ladder using the following materials --

a cereal box
2 toilet paper tubes
a handful of straws
a handful of toothpicks or paperclips (not both)
string
tape
2 pencils
2 index cards
a handful of pushpins

Good luck!

Lots of Clever Self-sufficient Fishermen(women) Out There!

Check out these fantastic fishing rods:

Congratulations to Josh and Jacob. You should be proud:






And here are some great pics from T. You can read about her solution here.







And, as always, Zee did a great job. You can read about his creation here.

Elevated Egg Solutions

Check out this solution by Zee, or Zeedini, the only one brave enough to submit his elevated egg picture! Magnfico! You should be proud for sticking with it!

Animated Animal Solutions

Check out this awesome animated animal that the Langdons created! I hope you are proud!

Gone Fishin'

Your challenge is to build a fishing rod with a reel using the following materials.

5 paperclips
a toilet paper roll or paper towel roll (not both)
6 feet of string
a stick or pole of your choice
5 inches of duck tape
a pin or a brad
an index card
a pencil
1 object of your choice (but if you use this option, you must leave out one from above)

Reel something in and send us your pictures!

Happy New Year!

Animated Animals

Your challenge is to create an animated animal using any/all of the following:

cereal and/or the box it came in
4 cans
spaghetti
marshmallows
table knives
gum
string

Good luck!

Elevate an Egg

Your challenge: raise an egg off the ground as high as possible using the following:

paperclips
a roll of pennies
4 pencils (be careful!)
2 spoons
2 forks


You can use a hard-boiled egg if you'd like, but it is more fun to use a raw one!

Houses of Cards Solutions

Check out these awesome houses by Pierce and Braden! Great job guys!