Zoob Shooter!
The Zoob Shooter is a joint invention by my 6-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter. It snaps together three Zoob pieces to make a toy that can shoot out a round-headed dart up to about 7.5 feet at a target.
Be careful to point away from people and fragile objects.
Basic Zoob pieces have different combinations of two kinds of ends, a ball end and a socket end, which you can combine to make all sorts of things.
Ingredients:
Be careful to point away from people and fragile objects.
Basic Zoob pieces have different combinations of two kinds of ends, a ball end and a socket end, which you can combine to make all sorts of things.
Ingredients:
- Three Zoob pieces: two socket-and-ball and one double-ball (variations are possible--but it is crucial that two pieces have at least one socket and one have at least one ball)
Select Three Pieces
Choose three pieces, ideally:
- two ball-and-socket pieces
- one double-ball piece
Join Two Pieces
Join the double-ball piece with one of the ball-and-socket pieces by snapping the ball into the socket.
Bend at the Joint
Bend it as far as you can along the joint to make a vee shape.
Add Third Piece
Snap the last piece's socket onto the point of the vee to make a Y-shape. This socket should be rotated 90 degrees from the socket already at the vee.
Fire!
Spread the arms of the Y to fire.
Be careful to point away from people and fragile objects.
Be careful to point away from people and fragile objects.