Make an articulated hand

What you need • A4 card (in two colours) • Pencil • Scissors • PVA glue • Glue spreader • Paper straws • Wooden craft stick • String (roughly 150cm long) • Ruler • 5 x beads (which are easy to thread but bigger than the width of the straws) TOP TIP The exact length of each paper straw that make up the bones will depend on the size of your hand, so use the picture as a guide before cutting them. This project is a fun way of showing how the bones and tendons (tissue that attaches muscle to bone) in your hands work. The paper straws represent different bones in the h human hand. The ones on the fi ngers and thumb are called phalanges; the h bones…

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