Tips On How to Make a Catapult Using Popsicle Sticks


How to Make a Catapult Using Popsicle Sticks

Teach kids about simple machines and castle sieges with one project. You can build a craft stick catapult in a few minutes. Small children can participate in the construction and everyone can use the catapult to launch light items into the air. Older children can study the ballistics of trajectory and weight, while younger kids will just have fun tinkering with aim and experimenting with different sorts of "ammunition."

Instructions

    1 Collect two piles of craft sticks, one with five to nine sticks and the other with only two.
    2 Secure one end of the larger pile of sticks with a rubber band. Turn the pile and wrap a second rubber band tightly around the other end. You will have the equivalent of a very thick craft stick with bands wrapped around each end.
    3 Taking up the pile of two sticks, wrap a third rubber band around one end, leaving the other end free. You should be able to open and close the open end, like opening and closing a crocodile mouth.
    4 Slide the thick stack sideways into the open "mouth" of the shorter stack. The two stacks will now sit perpendicular to each other, with the thicker inside the thinner. You can see how pressing down on the top of the "mouth" creates a springy action.
    5 Use a fourth band to tighten the two stacks together. Wrap first around one side of the large stack, then around the banded side of the small stack, then around the farther side of the large stack, repeating in the opposite direction if possible. Leave the open side unwrapped.
    6 Glue the handle of your plastic spoon onto the top of the open short stack of sticks using the hot glue gun. Use the spoon handle to extend the arm of the top of your catapult and create a basket for the items you will project. You can, alternatively, glue a bottle cap directly onto the craft stick, leaving a small space for pressing the stick down.
    7 When all is solidly dried, place a small, light object into the cup of the spoon or bottle cap, press down on the upper craft stick, and release to project the item. Experiment with different projectiles and perfect your aim and arc.



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