Robot-O Awesome-O Disc-O the Disco Robot (decoration)

My niece is going to be having a Disco themed birthday party, and as light up disco decorations can be expensive, I decided to make some cool decorations myself.  Over the holidays, there was a TV commercial featuring a disco robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSZpZjoUXQ.  As a complete geek myself, the idea of building a disco robot seemed like the perfect party decoration.  Naturally, I wasn't going to spend the money to build a real robot, so decided on making a cardboard robot instead.  This cardboard robot was also inspired by the South Park episode where Eric Cartman makes himself into a cardboard robot called AWESOM-O http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s08e02-awesom-o. 

The following Instructable shows how I built a light-up disco robot with an animated video of a dancing robot inside.  I am still working on ways to get the robot to actually move and dance, so I might append this instructable later as I try to turn this into something more like a real robot.  At this point, the robot is only decorative and does not actually move.  It should make for a very awesome-o party decoration though! 

Supplies: 
Cardboard Boxes:
2 small flat boxes to use as feet.
1 large box for the body
1 medium sized box for the legs
1 medium sized box for the head
1 Long cardboard tube cut in half (Like sort from wrapping paper) or two short cardboard tubes (like that from paper towel rolls).  The thicker the cardboard tube, the better.
Cardboard sheets
Tin Foil
Spray Paint
Flashlight
CD (an old scratch CD or DVD)
2 tripod legs (can substitute cardboard)
Multi-colored tissue paper
2 inch Brads
Nut and bolt
Heavy gauge bendable Wire or wire coat hanger
Packing Tape
Masking or Duct Tape
Clear / transparent  tape
Glue
Permanent markers
Scissors
Exacto Knife or sharp knife
Compass

Optional:
Small Brads
Foam circle spacers from blank CD pack
Cardboard ring from empty masking tape
TV Now Player -OR- Small Video Player
Decorative items such as broken electronic bits, switches... anything you might want to decorate robot with.

Please Note: Some of the pictures of this cardboard Robot were taken using a 3D camera and are for viewing with Red Cyan (Blue) Glasses.  If you don't have a pair, check out this Instructable on making 3D glasses http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-3D-Picture-Glasses/
(I don't know if it actually works, but at least I won't be the only one wearing silly 3D glasses).




If you have any very simple suggestions of how I can get the robot to move or dance (something that someone with no electronic knowledge or money can do), please let me know!  I am thinking of adding a large vibrator inside to turn it into a vibrator bot... but still working out how to do this.

Step 1 Collecting the boxes

Robots can come in all shapes and sizes, so I didn't specify specific box sizes that you will need.  The image below shows a few possible configurations for various boxes that will all give a good robot-like appearance.  The best thing to do before you begin is to gather several boxes of various sizes and stack them to see which configuration looks the best.  Keep in mind what you will be using your cardboard robot for.  If the robot is for a children's party like mine is, you don't want the robot so big that it would be scary, but large enough that it can be seen.  If you want to do something like insert a remote control toy car in the bottom to make it move, the last two body shapes would be ideal.

The most important part of the robot will be the robot's head as this is what ultimately makes a robot look like something one would think of as being a robot.  The robot's head should be large enough to insert a flashlight.