Category: Leisure

Craft Stick Catapult

Get together:

  • 9-10 craft sticks
  • 4 rubberbands
  • bottle cap
  • hot glue or double sided sticky tape
  • mini-marshmallows or other small items to use as projectiles

Put it together:

Stack and band together all but 2 sticks. Band the other two sticks as shown. Glue or stick on the cap.

Play:

Put the projectile into the cap, hold down top stick, release and watch the object fly. Practice aiming by setting up a target.

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Magnetic Paper Clip Fishing

  • Paper clips
  • Magnet
  • Small metal items to ‘fish’ for
  • small dish of sand to hide the items

 

1. Straighten the paper clip.
2. Rub a magnet over the paper clip, at least 25 times in the same direction.
3. The magnet is ready.

4. Hide some small metal items in a dish of sand and the children can use their magnet to hunt for the ‘treasures’.

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