Rubber Band Powered Launcher : 8 Steps (with Pictures)

Have fun making this simple rubber band powered launcher

Supplies

You will need:

A sheet of Corrugated cardboard

Hot glue gun

Pen

Ruler

Rubber band

Tape

‏Skewer stick

Box cutter knife

Step 1: Making the Base

Cut two pieces of cardboard

Cut one of them 15 x 9 cm and the other 14 x 9 cm

Take the 14 x 9 cm cardboard and score a line through the middle and fold it
now take the 15 x 9 cm cardboard and glue the 14 x 9 cm cardboard onto it using a hot glue gun

as shown above

Step 2: Making the Arm

Cut a 19 x 9 cm rectangle from the cardboard
then score two lines 3 cm apart all the way down

Then take some tape and tape it together to make the arm

As shown above

Step 3: Attaching the Arm to the Base

Cut a piece of cardboard 6 cm x 3 cm

Score a line through the middle

This will be your pivot point

Then glue the pivot point onto the arm about 3cm down as shown

Now take the arm and glue it onto the base as shown

Step 4: Making the Basket

Cut a square piece of card board 5cm x 4cm

Then score a line 1/2cm on all four sides then turn it around and fold them upwards as shown in the picture to create your basket.

(You can glue the sides together to make it s stronger)

Step 5: Attaching the Skewer Sticks

Cut a skewer stick 3 cm long and glue the middle of it to the underneath of the launcher as shown (don’t glue the sides just the middle as this is where your rubber band will attach later)

Then cut 2 x 4cm pieces from the skewer stick and push 1 piece through the top of the arm and glue the second piece onto the back of the arm as shown in the picture