Magnetic circus.
The circus consists of the arena, figurines and magnet. We will start work by making the arena, which is best made of plywood or cardboard. Arena – It's a strong canvas stretched (Like skin on the drum). In the back wall of the arena housing, make a hole, so that you can put your hand freely with a horseshoe magnet (drawing – a). We hang the curtain on a tense wire on two wooden or metal posts. After making the arena, the housing can be painted in various designs or covered with a colorful canvas.
Magnetic circus: a) arena, b-e) figurines.
Figurines can be different, but each must be on a metal rim, plate or ball. They occur in our circus:
– girl (We cut out two identical silhouettes from cardboard and make a girl figurine; We glue the legs and arms to the metal rim of width 6 mm and diameter 5 cm – drawing – b),
– Pajac (We do it like a girl – drawing – c or cut out two identical silhouettes from cardboard, between which – Before gluing figures – We drag the pieces of thin wire in this way, so that the wire ends protruding from two sides could be soldered to the sheets of the sheet with a width 1 cm; The diameter of the finished figurine is about 5 cm),
– elephant (We cut out two identical silhouettes from the carton, We only stick the head and back with the tail; We put a metal rim with a diameter between the front legs 15 mm and width 8 mm – drawing – d; Instead of a rim, you can put a cork with the same dimensions wrapped in a metal rim, which we attach to the feet with a pile),
– kitty or sunshine (We cut the ping -pong ball carefully and put a steel ball with a diameter 5-6 mm, then we stick it again; We paint a cat figurine or sun's face on top – drawing – a, e).
It is best to use canned sheet on rims or tiles for figurines. Paint figurines at your own discretion. Other figurines can be made in the same way, which we move to the arena with a regular horseshoe magnet. All figurines move as a result of the magnetic field forces, which can be strengthened by adding several tiles made of thin sheet metal to one of the poles, properly bent and attached to the pole with a thread or thin wire. If we have two or three magnets, Then you can introduce several figurines to the arena at the same time.
The examples of figurines are only a few suggestions, You can do many interesting and funny figurines yourself, and replace the magnet with several electromagnets.