Dancing Collage Kit

Make your own dancing collage automata! Build your character using collage pieces and then bring them to life with cranks and linkages. Project designed by Loulou Cousin.

This is a downloadable kit. You can buy the physical kit here: https://cabaret.co.uk/product/mini-automata-kit/

Your download includes:

• Box template
• Collage & outlines sheets
• Instruction booklet
• Link to instruction video

You will need:

• A printer & plain paper
• Card around 300 gsm, like a cereal box
• 18 gauge or 1mm wire
• A pair of pliers that can also cut wire
• Split Pins / Metal Paper Fasteners / Mini Brads, 4.5mm x 8mm
• A glue stick
• Sticky tape
• A pencil eraser or cutting mat
• Scissors
• Something to pierce a hole in the card, such as a compass or a bradawl

Example split pins:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/406372334978

Example wire:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326520841830