Alien Scanner Mini
Zoom! Scan for aliens with your super cool magnetic scanner, perfect for sticking to metal or standing on its own!
Do the Stick Test
Try one tile. If it sticks, ask: is it stable, safe, clean, cool, and not important? If yes, proceed with mild chaos.
Safety: Avoid anything hot, sharp, electrical, fragile, dirty, unstable, or likely to annoy another adult.
Pieces you'll use
Visual key
Small square
Triangle
How to build it
Step 1 is always free. Visual cards for the rest are part of the build pack.
- 1Step 1 of 4
Make a 2-square base on a flat surface or metal.
- 2Step 2 of 4
Stand two squares up on the long edges of your base, facing outwards like scanner sides.
- 3Step 3 of 4
Attach an equilateral triangle to the top corner of each standing square, pointing up, to be your scanner beams.
- 4Step 4 of 4
Place the last two triangles on the remaining top edges, facing each other, to complete your alien-finding machine!
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If it falls off
Try building on a metal surface like the fridge, or make sure your base is stable on a flat surface.
Make it easier
Just make a flat 2x2 square and stick it on the fridge to scan.
Make it bigger
Add more square 'sides' and triangular 'beams' to make a super-scanner mainframe!
Chaos upgrade
Add a flashing light (a tiny tile on its corner) that signals 'Alien Detected!'
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