The students created an enrichment toy for a cheetah by making a cardboard gazelle mounted on a tree. They wanted the cheetah to jump up and rip the gazelle apart to simulate hunting. To make the toy, they cut a hole in a shoebox and inserted a tube to form the gazelle's neck, which they painted brown. They attached the head and hung the completed toy from a tree with rope. Initially, the head hung forward due to weight, but thinning the rope solved the balancing issue. In the end, the students were pleased with their successful cheetah toy.

1. OUR JOURNEY……
OUR ENRICHMENT TOY
We chose a Cheetah because
we had a lot of knowledge
about what a cheetah does. It’s
a unique fast and powerful
animal to make a toy for. We
chose to make a gazelle out of
cardboard for the cheetah,
because cheetah’s main prey is
the gazelle and we hung it to a
tree.
BY JORJA, ETHAN, ERICA, AND JAYDEN

2. BEHAVIOUR WE
TARGETED
We wanted the cheetah to jump up and
tear down the gazelle off the rope and rip
it apart to find the meat. We targeted the
attacking and jumping skills to gain energy
for the cheetah. The gazelle would make it
want to attack.

3. MAKING OF OUR TOY
First we cut a hole in the shoebox and
stuffed the tube in the hole to make
the neck. Then we taped it shut - we
secured it properly with masking tape.
Then we painted the body with brown
paint and did the same with the neck.
When that was dry, we attached the
head to the neck and painted that
too. Then we finally hung it to a tree
with rope!

4. PROBLEMS AND
SOLUTIONS
The first problem we had was the
balance of how it hung. The head
hung forward because all the
weight was in the head. It was
solved by us changing the thick
rope we used into more of a thin
type of rope and so it was
balanced better.

5. OUR EVALUATION AND
FINISHED PRODUCT
Our finished product ended up to be a
successful toy for a cheetah and it hung
up perfectly. We are very happy with
our effort we put in to making the toy.
By Jorja, Ethan, Erica and Jayden
WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED
OUR JOURNEY!!