Folding Pocket Catapult
by Jonnyboy-productions in Outside > Siege Engines
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Folding Pocket Catapult
Description is in the name.
Materials
- thin popsicle sticks
- duct tape
- rubberband
- hot glue
- small thing like a bottle cap for the ammo to fit into
- card box
Materials
- thin popsicle sticks
- duct tape
- rubberband
- hot glue
- small thing like a bottle cap for the ammo to fit into
- card box
Get the Container
Get a container from a card box [ you can usually get them from a souvenier store]
Cut Sticks
Cut the popsiclle sticks as so
- 4 sticks short way across
- 3 sticks long way across
- 2 sticks 3/4 of the way long
It doesn't have to be exact.
The best way to cut them is to get a pair of plyers with a cutter thing in the back of it.
- 4 sticks short way across
- 3 sticks long way across
- 2 sticks 3/4 of the way long
It doesn't have to be exact.
The best way to cut them is to get a pair of plyers with a cutter thing in the back of it.
Make It
glue 2 width wide popsicle sticks width wise on top of eachother then put them in the bottom front on the tin.
like so.
like so.
Make It
Put the 3/4 sticks next to each other and attach them with a crossbeam that is the width of the box.
Next put another one of the width long sticks on top of it. It doesn't have to be exact.
then make a hinge with duct tape on the front of the box but behind the sticks u put on earlier.
like so
Next put another one of the width long sticks on top of it. It doesn't have to be exact.
then make a hinge with duct tape on the front of the box but behind the sticks u put on earlier.
like so
Make It
Put 2 length sized sticks length wide
and hinge them off the back on the bottom
and hinge them off the back on the bottom
Make It
Hinge the arm of the catapult off the front on top of the two sticks glued together
with duct tape
Cut the rubberband a little bit longer than the width of the box and glue it to the first thing you put on
put a small cap on the end
and enjoy
with duct tape
Cut the rubberband a little bit longer than the width of the box and glue it to the first thing you put on
put a small cap on the end
and enjoy