Pyramid Catapult

This is a very fun and simple project for kids 5 years and above and need very little adult supervision.
The catapult uses rubber bands to shoot anything that will fit the bottle cap you used.

You will need
1. CA glue or hot glue ( this part may need adult supervision)
2. 6 wooden skewers
3. Tape ( electrical tape works best)
4. A ruler
5. A marker
6. A bottle cap
7. 3 rubber bands

Take out 3 skewers, your ruler and a marker
Line up your 3 skewers equally and find the center draw a dot on the center of each skewer. Then mark 1 cm above and under the center.
Now you have 3 dots on 3 of your skewers these dots will be helpful later on

Line your 3 skewers that you marked in a triangle and glue them using your ca glue or hot glue (be careful 😌)

Make sure you it doesn't stick to your working surface I recommend putting a peice of paper that you can rip off after the glue dries.

Line them up so you have a kite shape start gluing and before your hot glue dries bend it into a pyramid you will be missing one skewer we will add it once our glue dries.

Glue your last skewer and admire your pyramid
Congrats you are half way through

Make a tie on your rubber bands so you have 1 small loop and 1 larger loop this way its easier to glue our rubber bands and they become more "elastic" which means they return to their original shape faster making them more powerfull.

1. Put a drop of glue on the back of the cap
2. Place the knots we made on the back of the cap
3. Place another drop of glue to make them secure

Tape your rubber bands to the spots we marked earlier.
Go through the rubberband loops 3-4 times to make it secure.

Congrats you now can but tiny paper shreds or water on the bottle cap and practice shooting. You also learned what elastic and more elastic means.