- Hi there! Today, we'll be making Lightning McQueen's
good pal and hardworking partner Mack
using simple crafting materials found around the home.
He's gonna look a bit like this guy right here.
Are you ready?
Let's get truckin'.
Here's what we're gonna use today to make our own Mack.
Some boxes, aluminum foil, school glue,
red paint and brushes, a mason jar lid, some bottle caps,
a few popsicle sticks, red and green markers,
safety scissors, a ruler, white and black paper
and some spare cardboard.
First, we're going to construct the cab of the truck
which will be Mack's face.
You're going to want to glue the shoe box
and the tea box together like this.
When you break down Mack into simple shapes,
he's basically just boxes and circles.
His face being one big box with one smaller box on top.
Be sure to give the glue enough time to dry.
Grab your cardboard and cut two half moon shapes.
Be sure to ask an adult to help with any cutting.
Next, glue the two shapes together along the seam.
Give it time to fully dry before moving on.
If you're having trouble gluing these two pieces together,
you could try using tape instead.
Once the glue dries, glue the pieces to Mack's head like so.
This will make it look like Mack is wearing his classic hat.
I glued to the back seam and attached
to the top of Mack's head.
Be sure to leave room for Mack's eyes,
he needs to see the road after all.
Once all the glue dries we can move on to painting.
Time to give Mack that classic Lightning McQueen red paint
job let's paint our cab and shoebox,
which will be our trailer.
Sometimes Mack wears a white hat and sometimes
he wears a red hat.
Today we're going to paint his hat red.
Painting can get a little messy so be sure to lay down
some paper or something similar for any messes.
While this dries, we're gonna start working
on the fine details that make up Mack.
While Mack and other semi trucks typically have 18 wheels,
we're just going to add the 10 visible tires
on the outside of Mack.
Take your mason jar lid and trace around it.
We're gonna do this 10 times.
We might only be making 10 tires, but don't worry,
Mack will still make his long hauls, no problem!
Next, cut out all your circles.
Be sure to ask a parent for help. Looks great so far.
Just need to add some chrome and rubber.
Next, take your aluminum foil
and cover each of the wheels like this.
This will give each wheel that shiny chrome look.
Do you know why a semi truck like Mack has 18 wheels?
It's to keep the rig stable and to carry a ton of weight.
Wow, so shiny!
Let's go ahead and repeat this process
for the rest of the tires.
All right. This is where the rubber meets the road.
Take a black marker and color in the outside
of the wheels, like so.
Mack won't get very far without any tires on those rims.
That looks like a tire to me. What do you think?
I hope you're not tired yet.
We have nine more tires to color in!
And voila. Our wheels are done.
It's really important that Mack's able to check
his blind spots, so let's make his side mirrors.
Take your safety scissors and cut out two rectangles
out of cardboard.
Be sure to ask a parent for help with this.
Next, use your safety scissors to cover a slightly
larger piece of aluminum foil.
While you have your safety scissors out,
cut out a large rectangle.
That's gonna be Mack's grill.
Cover both the mirrors and the grill with aluminum foil.
The foil will give the mirrors
and the grill that shiny chrome look.
Now we're gonna make the details of the grill.
Grab your ruler, and measure out half an inch
from the grill and draw a line.
We do the same thing on the sides and bottom of the grill
but only a quarter of an inch.
Once you're done with the grill lines,
be sure to add Mack's name so everyone knows who's
coming down the road.
Next, grab your popsicle sticks and add a dab of glue
to the top of one side and stick it to the back
of your mirrors like so. They kinda look like
metal lollipops.
Time to build some shelves.
Grab some cardboard and with your safety scissors
cut out some cardboard strips the length and width
of the shoe box. To secure the shelves we're going
to need to cut two slots half the width
of the box on each strip.
Remember, be sure to have an adult
help you with any cutting.
Once you have your slits cut they should
look something like this.
We'll set these aside for now,
and revisit the shelves later.
Next, we're going to make Mack's mouth.
We're going to need a white and black piece of paper,
and scissors.
First, we're going to cut a rectangle
on the black paper for his mouth.
Mack is a pretty happy fella, so let's draw him
a nice big smile.
We can do that by simply drawing a shape that kind of looks
like a banana.
Once drawn, cut out your banana-shaped mouth.
Next step, we'll need to make some teeth for the mouth.
Trace your banana shape onto your white paper and draw
a small rectangle to give Mack some pearly whites.
Once your white rectangle is drawn, simply cut it out.
These teeth look great.
Next glue the teeth to the mouth, using a glue stick.
Now that's a smile for the ages!
Now we make Mack's eyes. Make sure his eyes stay open
and he's not snoozing on the road.
Cut out two squares from white paper.
Now, with your green marker, take each of your squares
and make a circle about the size of a dime.
And with your black marker? Yep, that's right, his pupils.
Next up, we'll be making Mack's exhaust pipes.
For this part, we'll be using two identical markers
and some foil. Take your safety scissors
and cut out a strip of foil big enough
to wrap your whole marker in,
then count out a second strip of foil for the second marker.
Once you have your foil strips, completely wrap each
of your markers in the foil.
They kinda end up looking like metal taquitos.
Now I'm getting hungry.
Most importantly, though, they look like large metal
exhaust pipes.
These are gonna look great on Mack.
It's finally time to build our shelves.
Grab your cardboard with the slits that we cut out earlier,
then take all the pieces and interlock the strips
to create some nice grid shelving for Mack's long hauls.
Be sure all the pieces fit nice and snug.
Take your shelving and insert it into the shoebox.
It should fit nice and snug.
If it feels loose, feel free to add some tape
to hold it in place.
It's tire time.
Grab all the tires you made earlier and some glue.
It's time to attach them all to Mack.
Remember, five wheels on each side.
We'll be gluing two tires towards the front of the trailer,
two tires towards the back of the trailer and one tire
towards the front of the cab.
Once the glue is dry, flip Mack over
and repeat the same steps.
Be sure to try and match where you place the tires
on the other side.
Technically, these tires would be connected to an axle.
Time to give Mack a facelift. Grab your glue and all
of the pieces you made earlier for Mack's face.
Let's start by gluing on the grill.
You'll want to glue this on to the top center
of the bigger box.
Then grab your glue stick and glue the mouth towards
the bottom center of the same box.
When we glue the eyes under the bill of Mack's hat,
it really starts to show his personality.
For his headlights, I'm gonna use some stick-on jewels,
but you can use aluminum foil or anything else
around the house.
He's looking great. Just a few more touches.
Personally, I think the jewel hood ornament
and headlights look so cute on Mack.
Now we're going to add the mirrors.
Ask a parent or adult to help you make the slits
in the cap to stick them in.
Then simply slide the popsicle sticks all the way
into the slits like so.
When you flip over Mack to slide in the second
popsicle stick be sure to hold him up slightly
so you don't crush his other mirror.
Now Mack can check his blind spots.
Let's attach those exhaust pipes. Add some glue
to the foil and stick it to the side of the cab,
leaving a bit of pipe, sticking out above Mack's head.
Then repeat this step for the other side.
These may take a couple minutes to dry in place.
If you're having trouble try using some clear tape instead.
It's all starting to come together.
Let's go ahead and hitch our trailer to our cab.
To do this, we need to create some space between
the two pieces.
I'll be using some bottle caps as the spacer
but feel free to use cardboard or a different
material to create some space.
Take a bottle cap and add some glue to the inside.
Then, stick another bottle cap to it,
making a bottle cap sandwich.
Repeat this process with two more bottle caps
and allow them time to dry.
Next, glue both your bottle cap sandwiches
to the back of Mack's cab, one towards the top
and one towards the bottom.
Once that dries, add some glue to the other side
of your bottle caps and attach it to the trailer.
Be sure to give these enough time to dry.
Looks good, but something's missing.
That's right, the decal.
I'm going to be using that classic 95 for Lightning McQueen,
but you can make up your own original decal.
Both Lightning and Mack are constantly changing their style,
so feel free to get as creative as you want with these.
There's no wrong way to express yourself, or Mack.
This side of Mack is looking great.
We definitely need to add decal to Mack's hat, though.
He just doesn't look right without it.
Perfect!
Last but not least, let's add one more decal
to the other side of the cab.
Looks great. And we're done.
I gotta say, I think we nailed the look.
Now there's only one thing left to do.
Haul Lightning and all of his friends.
Hope you had fun making your very own Mack.
See you next time. Bye!