I'm teaching a Wednesday after school class this Spring at the Arlington Arts Center, and the theme of the class this time is Thrilling 3D. I love mixing things up and having the kids use non-traditional materials. After seeing a great project somewhere in the wilds of Pinterest, I had the kids make robots using mainly found materials. They painted a canvas board for the support, then used pieces of cardboard to make the parts of their robots. They were told to make sure that each robot had a way to see, speak, move, and hold or grasp, in addition to a power source or place to plug in. They painted the pieces of cardboard using metallic paint and -- once glued down -- they could choose "up to 5" objects from my "treasure cans" (huge cans filled with the delightful detritus of daily life: container lids, old keys, tiny lightbulbs, bits of Mardi Gras bead and snipped segments of spiral bindings and SO much more. Here are some of the delightful results.