I wished to make a big iphone that might be utilized as a costume on Halloween by attaching it to a stroller or vehicle seat. My child was my helper, so she got to be the very first design for the completed product, even though she is as well huge for a stroller.
Materials needed:
Piece of foam core – sold at a craft store or office supply store, usually 30 x 20, about $5. I asked in the frame department at Michael’s as well as they had larger pieces in the back.
Box cutter – I phone call a huge utility knife a “box cutter” however while I was working on this, my parents kept calling it an Exacto knife, so see the photo below to get my drift.
Pencil
Sharpie
Yard stick or big ruler/straight edge
Optional: Silver tape for metallic edge. discovered at Michael’s or here.
When I set out on this job I believed that the key to the board appearing like an iphone was to get the ratio of height to width — as well as the proportions of the screen — precisely right, so I prepared to do some serious 7th grade math to figure it out for you. when I researched the size of the iphone as well as saw exactly how many variations there are (iPhone 4/5/6) I realized that the precise measurements are not super important, however you can just do what I did as well as it will definitely look like a recognizable mobile phone.
Protect your work surface with a discarded cardboard box as well as cut your 30 x 20 piece of foam core to 30 x 15.5.
In other words, just cut 4.5 inches off the width. as well as then cut the corners to be rounded.
I drew my lines directly by utilizing a Sharpie on the back side of the board as well as then utilized the box cutter to make the slices as needed.
Next cut the screen out.
The screen is centered on this type of phone, so it’s quite easy. determine 5.5″ from the top as well as the bottom as well as one inch in from the sides. utilize a ruler once again to draw a big rectangle for the screen on the back side of the board.
The edges may be a bit jaggedy since of the inner foam material. Hiding them with a border of silver tape helps.
Next, you requirement the details on the front of the phone. I utilized a short juice glass to trace a circle for the house button. The curved-edge box inside the round house button was constructed out of silver Duck Tape-brand tape that I cut free-hand. You might just utilize a pencil.
I modeled my camera lens as well as speaker details on my sister’s iphone 4 after looking at my own iphone 5 as well as believing hers looked more iconic. The sideways thermometer shape (know what I mean?) that represents the speaker/camera is about 5 inches long. I did a method drawing of that on the backside before drawing it with pencil on the front.
Now that your posterboard resembles a phone, figure out exactly how you will connect it to the stroller. Zip ties will work, however when it’s on, it will be difficult to handle as well as off. I utilized a piece of ribbon on each side.
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