So, making boxes and such is going to leave us with a lot of smallish pieces of PG and this stuff is relatively precious so I’d like to not be throwing a bunch of it away.
Not to fear, there are a lot of smallish things to make with it. But what to do when you’ve got rulers everywhere and all your luggage is tagged?
Well, creative toys of course as you can’t have too many. Boxes full are not too much. Good for five YO through EOL.
Here’s my first, I’m sure there will be many more. This one needs right at 2" square.
Hedgie obstacle course, ! looks beautiful in the Proofgrade® material! What if you made various lengths of this shape: to connect pieces via the center circle (think " cross piece" ?)
That’s why I said my first… All kinds of possibilities! I think rectangular pieces should have a bunch of notches though. Not too many, just enough for some options. Shapes based on other polygons as well.
The biggest danger in these is that one might start seeing larger and larger pieces as scrap ready for making these.
Started thinking about a “Inexpensive erector set” using popsical sticks (dollar store) and cutting notches like that… Maybe some type of "Jenga® like " party game where you need to keep adding to the sculpture until it falls over or tumbles…
Every scrap that’s big enough for notches and not useful for something else should get notched. And then painted in a primary color. Anyone with toddlers would kill for a continuing supply of those.
My kids love playing with little connector toys like this: one of the things I can’t wait to try out with my Glowforge. I’m excited and curious to experiment with all different shapes. Creating the repetitive pieces from left-over scraps is a fantastic idea, and when you lose one, it’s no big deal 'cause you’re always making more.