Tutorial on how to make simple bamboo dragonflies using ice cream sticks
The bamboo dragonfly is one of the traditional folk childrens toys. It once appeared in the famous Japanese cartoon Doraemon.
The bamboo dragonfly is mainly composed of two parts. The first part is the bamboo handle, and the second part is the upper wings.
When everyone plays with the bamboo dragonfly, rub your hands together and then release them, and the bamboo dragonfly will fly directly into the sky.
Rotate for a while before falling down. What I share here is a very simple and personalized way to make a bamboo dragonfly.
Friends can take a look together.
You need to prepare ice cream sticks, toothpicks and utility knives in advance.
Cut the used ice cream sticks into appropriate lengths.
Find a middle point on the ice cream stick, make a mark on it, and use a utility knife to trim both sides of the ice cream stick into an arc shape.
In The collar edges of the ice cream sticks are trimmed to a normal thickness.
Note that the trimmed edges are opposite to complete the propeller structure of the bamboo dragonfly.
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Poke a small hole in the middle of the ice cream stick and install the toothpick directly.
Such a simple version of the bamboo dragonfly is now complete. You can experience the specific effect.
