Mini Blowdart Gun

A mini hand held blow dart gun made from a pen/straw, shoelace/hoodie string tip, and a needle/safetypin/etc., Easy to make, fun to use and something to do when bored. The dart goes surprisingly far and even plucks into cement a little. There's probably still a dart high up on the concrete wall of my eleventh grade english class from like 6 years ago, haha. Distance is surprisingly far. You can find all the materials laying around, and complete this in less than five minutes. No real purpose of making this however. I've seen similar designs on here, but nothing like mine. This is a dangerous weapon and I don't recommend building one. If you do caution should be excersized and this should never be pointed in even the general direction of humans and animals. If you do build this do it at you own risk and don't hold me responsible, blah blah. Have fun!

Step 1 Materials

The first thing you must do is gather the required materials. You should have everything already, and many items can be substituted. You need 1. Straw or empty hollowed pen, 2. Tip from a shoelace or the tip from a hooded sweatshirt string, 3. Sewing needle, safetypin or something similar with a sharp point. Once you have your materials it's on to the assembly. For this example I am using a straw from a fast food place, a tip from a shoelace off an old pair of delta forces,and a sewing needle.

Comments

[heathbar64]

well now if you find the right size pen casing, you can have ready made darts from Q tips just cut the cotton ball off one end and use as is or glue a pin into the hollow stem.

[zack attack]

can i use something other than needles like toothpicks or something? My dad wont let me use needles.

[ilpug]

the little plastic thingy on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet. nice design.

[itsmypie]

Epic i used it for Playing darts xD

[Shanx_J]

i have one stuck in mii arm and it amazing it funny how ppl can make really little thing and turn them into the most hurtful thing but thanks for showing me how to it will come in handy

[ol987986]

i have delta forces, but i aint cuttin em cos i wanna go p-ballin again it is awesome!

[octo137]

sweet. for my b-day i am doing something like the book the hunger games so i need even more weapons than usual

[Obcheese]

i cant get the needle throught the shoelace thingy

[The noogler]

its called an aglet

[yukas]

cool :) ill build one

[Father Christmas]

it isnt actually that bad. a while back me and some friends made a bunch of these and had a blowdart war(yes, with goggles). at hardest blow, from fifteen feet away, it went into my forearm about 3/8"

[KNEX BUILDING IS FUN]

awsome my bro and his friend r scared to death of me my bombs gun. n latest addition my darts tyvm ! rock on

[Jr Hacking kid]

[JAKEjones1]

ouch! but also ...... sweet!

[Patented]

Nice!

[theosullis]

A great thing to do is heat up the end of a needle and put it into a cutip cut in half, then blow it thru a straw! Works amazingly!