Easiest Ever Kids DIY Mini Crossbow

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Easiest Ever Kids DIY Mini Crossbow

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Very easy and kids friendly mini crossbow made from clothes pegs, cotton buds and rubber bands.

This was my first ever DIY project in my life. I was about 6 years old when my uncle showed me how to make this.

There is not much to say about this instructable when you look at the picture. But here is a little walkthrough.

What You Need

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1 clothes peg (wooden or plastic)

2 cotton buds

2 rubber bands

Pull Off the Cotton of One Side of One Cotton Bud and Both Sites of the Other Cotton Bud.

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Push One Cotton Bud Through the Center of the Clothes Peg.

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Wrap One Rubber Band Around the Cotton Bud As Shown on the Picture.

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Wrap the Other Rubber Band Around the End of the Clothes Peg. Not to Tight!

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Place One End of the First Rubber Band in Place Over the Other Rubber Band.

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The Arrow

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The other cotton bud is our arrow.
You have to make a nock at the end of the arrow. I used the edge of a sharpening stone.

Ready

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Place the arrow in the crossbow and push on the clothes peg to shoot.