Pocket Sized Altoids Tin Racer

Have you ever gotten bored at school or wanted to make your friends jealous with something they didn't have? Well this is it, this is what you have all been waiting for... Pocket Sized Altoids Tin Racer!

My tin was not a regular Altoids tin. I used the Altoids Smalls which has a smaller tin and smaller Altoids. You can get the tin from almost anywhere that sells Altoids but I got mine from Trader Joes if that helps.

Take the Altoids out of the tin (you don't have to but it makes construction much faster). I put mine in a Ziploc bag although if you have somewhere better go ahead.

Drill the holes a little far from the edge and make sure they are aligned. Drilling the holes was fast for me because I had an exceptionally strong drill. A regular drill work but will take longer.

I chose to color the wheels black to give it a rubber wheel kind of look but it turned out too glossy. And the gold really compliments the black.

Drill 1 hole down the center of each wheel. Be careful not to go off to one side, that will make your wheel wobbly. Drilling the wheel is easier than drilling the tin and any drill will work.

To connect the axle with the wheel insert the wooden stick into the hole in the cap, it should fit tightly but if it doesn't use hot glue. It will ensure a tight bond between the cap and the stick. Once you have glued one cap on don't glue the other on because you still have to put the stick in the frame.

Insert the wooden stick with the cap into the hole in the side of the tin. Then do what you did in step 6. Repeat for the second set of wheels.

It's a car but it doesn't look too much like a racer if you know what I mean. So... WE ADD ACCESSRIES!!!! A spoiler should do the trick. So cut the index card into the shapes shown in the pictures. Then color the spoiler red but not the small attachments.

Glue the attachments to the tin (I used krazy glue for this cause I ran out of hot glue). Once those are firmly in place apply glue to both the bottom of the spoiler and the top of the attachments. Put them together and wait for it to dry. To make the exhaust pipes get another index card and cut a small rectangle. Fold the rectangle into a tube and tape. Glue the tube onto the bottom of the tin but make sure a part of it is sticking off the end. You can also make flames coming out of the pipes if you want to give it an exciting look. If the wheels are slipping you can wrap rubber bands around them for better traction but the should be fine.

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