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Chapter 8 Combining Simple Machines for Work and Fun 253

P roject 8-2: DIY Automaton—The Agreeable Sheep

Flying Pig provides a few sets of free plans to make animated creations in paper. My
favorite is the Agreeable Sheep by Rob Ives. We called our version, shown in Figure 8-17,
the Party Sheep due to the fluorescent card stock we used.

Shopping List:

• Size A4 or 8.5 × 11 in card stock
• Hobby knife and scissors
• Metal ruler

• Cutting mat or old magazine
• Glue stick or white glue
• Penny

FIGURE 8-17 The Agreeable (Party) Sheep (credit: Jade
Highleyman, Eyebeam student resident, for putting this
together and photographing it)