Build your own pencil sharpener and give a second life to an old glass container.
This kit contains everything you need to build a crank operated pencil sharpener. You just need to find an empty glass jar to attach to collect the shavings.
How does it work?
First, remove the wooden parts and sort all the parts. Assemble the pencil sharpener according to the instructions in the brochure. It is divided into several steps: first install the pencil sharpener, then install the mechanism with the crank, and finally assemble the two together.
Find an empty jar 8 cm in diameter (the most common): attach the pencil sharpener to it with a rubber band to collect the skin of the pencil sharpener.
What will you learn?
- Different types of gears
- Bevel gears
- How bevel gears are used in everyday objects
- Recycling
Make Your Own Pencil Sharpener
What's inside the kit?
- wooden parts
- bevel gears
- gasket
- a ring
- glue
- sticker for decorating pencil sharpener
- rubber band
- pencil sharpener
- foam bracket
- illustrated booklet with all the assembly steps
- Pedagogical content on the theme
No tools needed.
Recommended Age 7+
Dimensions: 27 x 18 x 5 cm
Weight: 250g
Inspired by The Maker Movement, Koa Koa was born out of a simple idea: Let kids build their own toys to understand Art, Science and Technology.
They hope their kits will stimulate the curiosity and invention spirit of the new generation by giving an opportunity for kids to develop their inventor mindset, their problem solving skills and to do something incorrectly as a way to learn. By enabling kids to reconnect with the physical world and live a unique experience to understand how everyday objects are made. They offer an invitation to make, invent, be creative...and change the world of tomorrow.
