In this part of the tutorial we finish off the wheel of fortune by making the base that holds it and by making the little thing that makes the clickity clack sound.

This illustration shows you the size of the base. YOu cut two of these out of cardboard. And, I got a bit lucky with the box I used. I placed and cut it so the fold flap line of the box was right on that fold line in the drawing. So the bottom part of the drawing is the flap of my box.

This picture shows me cutting the base. Notice the flap of the box. I got lucky with that!

It looks good.

Cut two of them and glue them together. Be careful when gluing them because that fold is important. It will be a 90 degree angle.

Make a support structure and glue it into the base like this.. My support structure is in the shape of an "I". Note that if you put it right in the middle as measured from left to right then it will be right where we mount our wooden dowel. Which is okay, just be aware of it. I mounted mine an inch off center.

Let's find the location of the axle for the spinning wheel.

Hold the spinning wheel up against the base> Put it right where you want it and use a tool to go through the straw and mark the base.

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Pierce a hole in the base right where you marked it. Then glue in your wooden dowel. Keep that dowel nice and straight. It should be as perpendicular as possible.

Cut two squares of cardboard. Pierce a hole in the center of each square then glue them right onto the base like this. The black square shows you how the squares are glued on, one right on top of the other. These act as a standoff that will hold your spinning wheel away from the backboard.

Put the spinning wheel onto the dowel. It will spin freely. Then cut and measure a circular piece of cardboard and put that over the dowel like you see in the next picture.

Glue that circular piece so that it is soft against the spinning wheel. It's purpose is to hold the spinning wheel straight while still allowing it to rotate freely.

Let's continue and make the clickity-clacker!