BALANCING BIRD | Punjabi
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 02/04/2017

Toucan is a large unwieldy bird with an unusually large beak. However, in this toy you will be able to balance it. Draw twin toucans back-to-back on a thick card sheet. Then color them brightly with color pencils. Then cut along the outline to have two toucans back-to-back. Apply glue to the white back side and stick both toucans back-to-back. Apart from doubling the card sheet the toucan will now be visible from both sides. Try balancing this beautiful toucan on your finger. Because of its very heavy beak it will fall. Now hang 4-5 paper clips near its tail. This will make the tail heavier and also lower its center of gravity. Now you can easily perch it on your fingertip. You can rock it but the bird will not fall. You can also place it on a stand improvised from a water bottle and a pen. You can perch two toucans on a branch and they will look exquisitely beautiful. 

This work is supported by IUCAA (www.iucaa.in) and TATA Trust (http://www.tatatrusts.org/) and (www.tata.com/aboutus/sub_index/Tata-trusts)

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Credits:,Ashok Rupner, Shivaji Mane, Jyoti Hiremath, Arvind Gupta, Vidula Mhaiskar

Dubbed in Punjabi by Delhi Public School, Ludhiana