Make It!

Lets build a simple catapult.

A catapult is a machine that hurls an object farther than you can throw it.
This is the simplest kind of catapult. It uses the force of your finger
to hurl a marshmallow or other small object.

Materials
1 meter (approximately
3) of narrow ribbon
1 rubber band
1 empty spool
1 plastic spoon

Use the rubber band to fasten the

ribbon to the center of the spool, Place the spoon over the wrapped ribbon
with 810 cm (34) of ribbon and hold it in place with your thumb.
extending beyond the spool.

Pull the rib

bon across
lower right the spoon f
to upper le rom
ribbon behin ft. Then pu
d the spool ll the
again, keep and to the
Wrap the long end of the ribbo ing to the le front
n around the spool two ft of the sp
or three times, covering the rub oon.
ber band.

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 Cross the ribbon over the front of the
spoon from bottom left to upper right,
then circle the spool with the ribbon and
bring it to the front (keeping to the right
of the spoon handle).
Keep crisscrossing the ribbon over
the spoon by pulling the ribbon over
alternating sides of the spoon handle.
Dont worry if its not perfect. It needs
only to secure the spoon to the spool.

Load the spoon with a marshmallow.

re, tie the remaining

When the spoon is secu
r short end.
bit of ribbon to the othe

emarshmallow fly!
w it h y o u r fin ger and watch th
handle
Tap the spoon

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