Now since the Flip-Flap didn't work, I decided an old motor that my dad had taken out of an old something. It is a motor that can be found at SkyCrafters or similar establishments. It is a six volt direct current motor.
Step one: Find a shoe box or a box about that size. It has to fit a large battery and small motor. I made my box cushy with some Styrofoam pieces. I also covered my Vans shoe box in green cardstock to make it pretty.
Step two: I basically welded the two wires from the motor to the battery.
Step three: I used a metal pipe as the base of Groot's body. I bent it into two small curves, around where his hips and shoulder were. Then I pushed it through a metal hose-y thing, to give it more of a body shape.
Step four: I then used the bake clay I bought and formed one golf ball sized hear and added some hair like green pieces of clay to it.
Step five: While the clay baked I made the actual body look like a tree, using old mop strings, twine, brown string, and pipe cleaner. (The pipe cleaner was the bottom layer because I hate pipe cleaner and it looked ugly.) I wrapped one pipe cleaner around just beneath the bend for his shoulders, as arms. I then decorated him up with the strings and twine, each gave him a different texture, which I liked.
Step six: I took the body and the head out to the garage and did an extremely light layer of brown spray paint over both.
Step seven: After the head and body dried I placed some green moss used for floral decorations around the base of the pot and in some of the cracks and crevices of Groot's body, it gave him and even earthy look!
Step eight: Put on "I Want You Back" - Jackson 5 and let the little guy jam out, just make sure he doesn't catch you watching you him. ;)
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