We are excited to share a few projects created by one of our community members, Max (age 5) and his father in Ontario, Canada! They’ve transformed Dash & Dot into various space characters like laser shooters and junk collectors, and they even turned one of their video creations into a greeting card for grandma! Here are the instructions they sent us!
Space Junk Collectors
We first printed out images taken on Mars to simulate both the surface and the horizon
We then taped the Mars surface down to a mat followed by attaching the Mars horizon to wooden blocks to hold up the background
Dash has clear Laser Peg parts attached, including “Space Junk Sensors” in the front
We created a Space Junk Tractor Beam by attaching a magnet to the front of Dash
The Space Junk is in the form of paperclips so as Dash moves along, the Space Junk Tractor Beam (magnet) picks up the Junk
Dash is pulling a Moon Rover which is made out of Lego and in turn the Moon Rover is pulling Dot along for the ride
We attached Moon Rover wheels to Dot that are actually part of a Lego Monster Truck. Dot also has a laser beam/sensor
We plan on modifying this project slightly to include more of the Mars surface. At that point, we will place more Space Junk (paperclips) on the Mars surface and have Max figure out how to program Dash to pick up the most paperclips after they are placed in various patterns.
Space Laser Battle Bots
We attached Laser Pegs to Dash & Dot
We managed to attach the Laser Peg power/light module to Dash via the Lego type connectors on the Laser Peg power module (the brick connectors for Dash & Dot are very handy!)
There are two “battles”, one of which is in the dark and features a full Laser Peg lighted battle
What kind of space bots will you create? Email us at ideas@makewonder.com, or tweet out your creations with #spacedash and #createwithcode!
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