DESIGN PORTFOLIO

CONTENTS PAGE

1. Design Brief

2. Criteria

3. Research and Ideas

4. Cutting List

5. Final Selection

6. Planning and Procedure

7. Evaluation
Design Brief:
Using imagination, familiar materials and processes, design
and build a wheeled toy for 4 year olds in a kindergarten
environment.
Criteria:
The toy is restricted by:

 Size- The completed toy must fit into a box of

dimensions 250 x 150 x 150.

 Materials- The toy must be made out of radiata pine

and dowel, with small quantities of plywood and
craftwood.

 Safety- The toy must not have any sharp edges or

surfaces, and should be smooth along the sides.

 Quality- The toy must be durable for both indoor and

outdoor play, which includes the sandpit.

The wooden wheeled toy should suit imaginative children.

The toy must have an open-ended potential, and be safe to
children, while being durable indoors and outdoors aswell.
Parts of the toy may be put together using PVA glue and 15-
35 mm nails.
Research and Ideas:

A wooden toy, gave me the inspiration to create a sporty

tank.

The toy that gave me an idea for the irregular shaping in

the hatch.
The picture that gave me the idea of curving the body.

Some sites visited include:

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/601068
8/2/istockphoto_6010688-wooden-toy-vehicle.jpg
http://www.revilotoys.co.uk/acatalog/vilac-red-pedal-car1-
lrg.jpg
http://www.alwayshobbies.com/Wheeled-Toys/Wooden-
Wheels
PLANNING AND PROCEDURE
There were many steps to creating the wooden wheeled toy,
not to mention many tools and processes used.
First, we were assigned research tasks, where we could
start picturing and sketching our ideas down. After we had
completed our ideas, we were told about the different woods,
materials and tools we were alowed to use. Then, we began
our work in the woodwork rooms. Starting off, we requested
different sizes and blocks of radiata wood. After we had
received our wood, we started to work. First, we shaped our
vehicles to our desire, with curves or bumps ect. Some
people sanded their blocks, so that no edges were present.
Others then glued large pieces of wood together, to make a
larger vehicle, than one piece of wood could create. After the
first person had finished modelling their vehicle, we were
shown how to make wheels. You drilled a hole in a plank of
wood with the drill press equipped with a wheel-shaped drill.
The drills varied in sizes, from a 19 mm to a 64 mm. The
wheels were drilled and cut out. After the wheels had been
made, people turned their attention the smaller details on
their vehicles, like accessories and items that were put onto
their vehicles. Then we drilled holes in our vehicles, so that
dowels with wheels on both ends could fit in. We then
estapoled and coated our completed vehicles.
Evaluation
My toy turned out to be great, even better than I expexted.
The shape and curve was cut out much better than I had in
mind. Some improvements that could have been made
include the slight imperfect gluing of one of the accessories.
The wheel placement could have improved a little, for it is
slightly lopsided. Next time, I could plan more carefully
before creating the vehicle, for ideas just came along whilst I
was making it, sort of like improvising. I could also have
drilled holes more accurately, especially for the wheels and
axel holes in the body of the vehicle.