I need to make a raft using a rectangle piece of aluminum foil, 24 popsicle sticks, two pieces of string about 16in, 4 paper clips and a piece of paper without using any glue only the things given but you can cut the materialsthis need to hold about 200 pennies or so.
My son paid more that that for a long boardHow good can that bike beI would consider those HPJ, Horrible Pieces of Junk.
I think the warning on the Mountian Bike say the whole story: Warning:?This Bicycle is not designed for off-road use.
Your project sounds like funYou'll get your own ideas about what works and what doesn't as you experimentHere are some general ideas to get startedFirst find a quiet spot for your shipyard and get a few sheets of aluminum foil for testingThe aluminum foil will be the hull of your ship because its water proofNext you'll need an empty one gallon milk jugTie the string around the middle of the milk jug then wrap the bottom of the jug with foil (like a present)You should now have something which looks like a flimsy aluminum foil dish with a 6×6 square bottom, and 2 tall sidesFold about 1/2 of the tops of the sides over the string you tied around the milk jugThis will give the sides a rigid shapeWeave 6 popsicle sticks together as a platform, or place them on the bottom of your boat like planks to distribute the weight of the penniesThis is an imaginary shipbuilding plan which I haven't tried ( yet), but once you get started you'll be able to make it workPS: In my tests it didn't work with four rolls of pennies I'm going to try again by using string to tie the popsickle sticks into the shape of a cube (The sides weren't strong enough to keep out the water when all those pennies went in) I'll try using popsickle sticks to support the sides also It's going to look like a floating box instead of a ship.
