So Simple,

so neat,

 and so entertaining, not only to operate, 

 but to build, 

a Los Angeles-based artist has crafted an amusing series of hand-cranked automatons in just 30 days,

 Federico Tobon, of wolfCat Workshop, used popsicle sticks, metal clips, paper, and scrap material for One Month of Small Machines,

 the four-week-long project that generated different, moveable figures and animals each day. “The A-HA moment from these projects was when I discovered that using paper gives these machines a very organic feel,” he said. “Some of them would look very stiff and mechanical otherwise.”

since November 2017 when Tobon created these miniature apparatuses, he’s taken on more month-long challenges, which he often shares on Instagram, you can check out the full collection on his site,

and watch a few more in the the video, with the kids still not back to school, some of these might make a interesting project to make, or even think of and make a hand-cranked automaton of your own.