Gallery: A Construction Kit That Lets You Make Starships and Castles Out of Cardboard

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    [Strawbees](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1624049406/strawbees-dream-big-build-bigger?ref=live) is a new construction kit that challenges kids to think at an architectural scale and become residents of their own private castles.
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    Strawbees is based on a series of small, low-cost, plastic connectors that turn drinking straws into variable length beams.
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    "Strawbees is equally entertaining for an engineer at Volvo and a five-year-old in preschool." says co-creator Erik Thorstensson.
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    For pennies, kids can create giant cranes or geodesic forts that would make Bucky Fuller proud.
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    "It’s an experiment to see what happens if we set a creative tool like this free and see what the community can do," says Thorstensson.
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    A $700 "Infinite Kit" gives schools the die-cutting tools to manufacture as many pieces as are needed—often using waste materials like milk jugs as a feedstock.
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