Mini Basketball Court Model (Shot Clock) Part 5

This is the 5th part of the mini basketball court model. This part will be the the making of the shot clocks that will go on top of the stands.

 Materials:

scissors

x-acto knife (with flat blade not angled)

black ultra fine point sharpie

red ultra fine point sharpie
clear gel glue

one yellow plastic lid (mine was from a can of nuts)

1 clear plastic Starbucks cup

three square plastic bag clips (AKA bread tags, bread tabs, bread ties, bread crimps, or bread-bag clips. See above picture. Color doesn't matter, they will be colored with a sharpie)

the finished stand/backboard from part 4

Estimated time: 60-90 minutes (not counting the time it takes for the glue and marker to dry)

Instructions:
1. Cut the ends off of the bag clips, making them into rectangles with smooth sides.
2. Then cut the rectangles in half making squares.

3. Next use the flat blade to cut smaller squares out of the bigger ones making a square frame.
4. Color all the frames with the black sharpie.
5. Then cut out squares from the yellow plastic lid to fit inside the frames. (you can use the squares you cut out of the frames to make sure the sizes are right.)
6. Next insert the plastic squares into the frames. They should stay in place without glue if they are the right size, but if not u can glue them in.
7. Using the black sharpie making numbers for the time and shot clock. Make sure the numbers themselves are yellow and just the area around them is black.
8. Use the red sharpie to color in the bottom shot clock number. The Top number for the time stays yellow.
9. Cut the Starbucks cup or whatever clear plastic you are using into squares using the square cutouts from step 3 to make the right sizes.
10. Glue the clear plastic squares on top of the yellow squares that have been colored.
11. Then glue three of the six shot clock pieces together making a triangle. Set aside.
12. Next cut four triangles out of the yellow plastic.
13. After, glue a yellow triangle to the bottom of the triangle shot clock. If the base is too big you can cut it to make it the same size.
14. Then glue another triangle to the top, and once it is dry color the top and bottom with the black sharpie so you no longer see yellow except for the numbers.
15. Finally, glue the finished shot clock to the top of the stand/backboard.

 Here are the links for the other parts:

step 1  http://craftyconstruction.blogspot.com/2011/07/mini-basketball-court-backboard-part-1.html
step 2  http://craftyconstruction.blogspot.com/2011/07/mini-basketball-court-backboard-part-2.html
step 3  http://craftyconstruction.blogspot.com/2011/07/mini-basketball-court-stand-part-3.html
step 4  http://craftyconstruction.blogspot.com/2011/09/mini-basketball-court-model-stand-part.html
step 6  http://craftyconstruction.blogspot.com/2011/09/mini-basketball-court-model-court-part.html