{"id":8801,"date":"2018-01-04T22:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/?p=8801"},"modified":"2018-08-06T16:45:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T21:45:11","slug":"benjie-spinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/2018\/01\/benjie-spinners\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjie Spinners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our final project is a fun DIY toy that was created by one of our teachers, Benjie! It’s a cross between a fidget spinner and a top, with the added bonus of demonstrating a cool optical illusion!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Supplies<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

-popsicle sticks
\n-smoothie straws
\n-tape
\n-toothpicks
\n-markers<\/span><\/p>\n

Begin with four popsicle sticks and some markers. You can draw any pattern on your popsicle sticks, but since this will spin like a top, think about patterns and colors that will show up clearly while in motion.<\/span><\/p>\n

After decorating, cut the smoothie straw into two 1.5\u201d pieces. The ends of your popsicle sticks should be fitted into the pieces of straws, leaving a small amount of space in between the ends of the sticks:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Spinner<\/a><\/p>\n

Using a toothpick, poke a hole in the space between the two popsicle sticks.\u00a0Then brace the joint created by the straw with a toothpick, taping it down securely:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Spinner<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Spinner<\/a><\/p>\n

Once braced, assemble your spinner! Make sure the pieces are at even 90 degree angles, then secure with more tape so the spinner will hold that position.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Spinner<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Spinner<\/a><\/p>\n

Find a smooth surface and spin!\u00a0Does your pattern show up as it spins? What other patterns can you draw that will create optical illusions?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Spinner<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Spinner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These DIY spinning tops can show off optical illusions, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nb-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8813,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8801\/revisions\/8813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}