Kellogg's Cereal City USA^TM

2005 Summer Block Party

Froot Loops Box

This page presents some construction images and additional information about the Froot Loops box creation process.

Prelimary Design Work

Original Art

Although we used a different image during feasibility studies, this image, supplied by KCCUSA, was the starting point for our designs. This is a classic and very typical Froot Loops box art. Since we knew a mosaic was desired, we looked around to see what programs might be of assistance and found Bob Kojima's great program, Bricksiac.

Bricksiac-ed!

This was a first pass using solid colors as generated by Bricksiac. We ended up making the colors much more regular than this because, unlike most mosaics, this box was going to be viewed from up close, and the dithering that usually makes for a more accurate picture from a distance would be distracting to kids with their noses 6 inches away.

Engineering Work

Armature Engineering

This drawing was created by Steve Ringe to document how the armature was going to work and to enable procurement and fabrication.

Wedges

Early in the construction process, Chris and Ken cranked out the back sides of several sections, since these required no mosaic, they went quickly.

Construction work


The inside of the box could be any color we wanted to use or had lots of...	So we used cheap colors since we cornered the market on red 2x4s!...	The number of different parts used at one time was very large, though.


Working the plan...	...got pretty tedious...	...in a big hurry!

Chris Leach studies the plan	To the Top!	Topped out, but seams visible

When you're excited about finishing, sometimes the kids just have to be woken up!	These are all the feet for several statues	Interior showing armature framework and wood spacers