Zoe's A Level Media Final: The Wagon (part 1)

When looking at what Alexa and I need to buy, one of the first problems that arose is: we don't have that much money to spend on this project. I was looking on Amazon, to purchase the liquid latex and bald cap needed for The Monster, and I found myself browsing the wagons. One of the most important props in this piece is the wagon; Alexa and I had planned to get lucky and find an old wagon at a local thrift store, but I wasn't too hopeful. Therefore, I sat scrolling through the wagons on Amazon, sorting by "Price Low to High", not ecstatic about what I saw.

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And, the wagon that was in our budget, we felt was way too small.

So we were left with two options: hope that a thrift store in the area has a wagon that meets our needs/vision, or make our own.

I really didn't think we were going to find a wagon at any thrift store nearby, so I began to research d.i.y. options.

Wikihow's answer was not very helpful, it was too complicated and not enough like what we initially envisioned. However, several websites later I found the blog Rain on a Tin Roof, which gave instructions on how to make a wagon out of a crate and PVC pipe. This wasn't quite what we wanted either but it was a step in the right direction. It was enough of a step that I thought, "I probably have some materials in my house, why don't I try to look around see what I can find." And then I thought, "I do have some stuff maybe I can get something started." And then I thought:

I'm lucky that my house is just filled with random, useful, trash (though isn't everything just useful trash). I happened to have an old base with wheels, some old plastic drawers from a storage thing my family was about to get rid of, and some PVC pipes from an old marshmallow launcher my brother made years ago in Boy Scouts.