First day of WASH and it did not disappoint. The challenge: create a newspaper structure to independently hold a cinder block as high off the ground as possible. Sounded easy enough but with a limited amount of newspaper and the only adhering substance being elmers school glue, it was a bit of a challenge.
My first design consisted of two parts; the bottom had three legs and the top had a thick cylinder to directly support the block on top. That design fell through. The three legs could not support the overall structure while maintaining, well, its structure. (lol)
My second, last minute, design was the winner. I went with much more basic circle on top of triangle insuring that stability wouldn't be as much of a problem. I still was able to maintain the same height but it definitely wasn't as pretty. It held up though at a height of 22 1/2 inches. It wasn't a winning number of course but good enough for me!
