Play Catapult

Mini catapults can be great fun. You can make them with spoons and other household objects, but you can also make them with wood. Wooden chopsticks are the perfect length and width to create a mini catapult. Keep your wooden chopsticks from your last Chinese food dinner to make...

A ping-pong ball is never going to smash down a fortress wall, but it does make a nice projectile for a catapult. It's light, reasonably aerodynamic, bounces and doesn't break too easily if you avoid stepping on it. What's more, a catapult on this scale can be built with everyday...

Torsion catapults date back to the Middle Ages. Torsion involves twisting, and torsion catapults feature a tightly twisted rope that, when released, conveys the force of its unwrapping to the load that it will fire. While modern weaponry is more sophisticated and delivers considerably...

Origami is the art of folding paper and can be used to create nearly anything, including play catapults. A catapult made of paper won't be able to launch large or heavy objects, but can easily throw a crumpled paper ball. This catapult is relatively simple to make, and can be very...