Everyone who is in the learning process starts with the fundamentals and the training tools that go with it. The expert swordsman, for instance, begins with a wooden sword. The aviator, who is in the "flying stage,"  definitely needs the support of a training device like the flight simulator machine. Similarly, before we can read a watch or any instrument for measuring time, we use a practice clock or a toy clock. This article will help you make one for your kids.

What You Need:
8" wood square
Black construction paper
String or yarn
1-1/2" nail
Sandpaper
2 metal or plastic clock hands
Hammer
1/2" to 3/4" number stickers
Pencil
Paper plate
3 metal washers
Colored Markers
1" metal brad paper fasteners
Durable Wooden Clock Toy

Instructions
1. Get the wood with an 8x8 inch dimension. Thickness is up to you. Smooth the rough surface with sandpaper.

2. Prepare two pieces of strings with 16 inch measurement. Place one of them from the top left corner down to the bottom right. The second string must be placed across the first one, from the top right down to the bottom left. Using the pencil, put a mark on the intercepting point where two strings meet. 

3 Hold the nail point side up, and then slide the washers and the clock hands onto it in the following order:

1. one washer
2. short clock hand (hour)
3. one washer
4. long clock hand (minutes)
5. one washer

4 Without letting the hands and the washers fall off, turn the nail point down. Place it at the center, where you put the intercepting mark on the wood. Now, hit the nail with the hammer -- but be careful not to smash your finger. Stick the nail into the wood just far enough for the hands and the washers to move around the big watch face. If the nail point slices through the wood, bend it down with the hammer to avoid accident.

5 For the hour numbers, use self adhesive number stickers. The trick to putting the hours on the clock face is to start with the most important ones, such as the 12, three, six and nine. Afterwards, stick the remaining numbers to complete the dial.

Actually, there are many material options to choose from, but if you are making a clock for your kid's homework it is a good idea to use paper. Not only does it make the work easier but it also keeps your kid from carrying around a heavy toy clock. Here's how you can do it:  

Paper Plate Clock

1. For the clock face, use paper plate; for the hours, use number stickers, although the the most creative credit goes to the one who takes the effort to write the numbers. You can do it with anything you want like marker, pencil or ballpen.

2. The clock hands or the indicators are two construction paper cut-outs that measure five inches and two and a half inches long respectively. The longer strip will serve as the minute indicator.

3. Set the hour hand over the minute hand. With the pointed end of a metal paper fastener, make a hole through the paper strips. And then slice it through the center of the paper plate before sticking it in with the hour and minute hands. Hold everything in place by opening the fastener petals.

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