Happy Puddle Noodle Catapult

I am a lilliputian fleck obsessed amongst puddle noodles this summer. I similar to purchase at to the lowest degree 1 or 2 inward every color. My kids don't genuinely similar to role them inward the pool- except when nosotros practise pool noodle learning activities... as well as therefore nosotros create got a lot only hanging out.

Since summertime is wrapping up, we've been trying to practise some projects amongst the concluding few puddle noodles nosotros create got lying around. Last calendar week nosotros made a pool noodle H2O wall along amongst a marble run. 

Over the weekend nosotros decided to role 2 puddle noodles as well as some prophylactic bands to brand a puddle noodle catapult. 

Supplies: iv prophylactic bands, 2 puddle noodles, a knife, as well as some pom poms (or marshmallows or other lightweight objects)

Directions:

First nosotros trimmed the puddle noodles inward half. Then nosotros used three out of 4 pieces for our catapult. 

We attached 2 noodles together amongst a prophylactic ring on each terminate to brand a brusk puddle noodle stack (pictured below inward red).

Then nosotros used a knife to cutting out a small-scale circular indent on 1 terminate of the other puddle noodle (pictured inward blue). This indent was the spot for our pom pom to rest.

Lastly nosotros took the unattached noodle as well as attached it to tumble out of the stack of noodles using 2 prophylactic bands... which crossed to brand an X.

We pulled the noodle inward house as well as therefore that the side amongst the pom pom hole was longer as well as the other side was a fleck shorter.

Next nosotros placed a pom pom inward it's position, pushed the brusk side of the bluish puddle noodle downward field belongings the carmine stack of puddle noodles inward place... as well as voila! We launched our pom pom across the room!

We played around amongst the noodles over again as well as over again to attempt as well as figure out the best agency to seat them as well as therefore that our pom poms could acquire the farthest.

I create got to say... I was only equally excited almost this action equally my five twelvemonth old... as well as therefore sometimes I had a difficult fourth dimension waiting my ain turn. :)

The funniest business office of this action was how desperately the babe wanted to acquire the pom poms. As my boy launched them nosotros had to hold upwardly around as well as view them earlier the babe stole them offset as well as tried to swallow them. It definitely kept us moving as well as on our toes!

Do your kids beloved launching things?

This is a fun action to role to instruct scientific discipline as well as math concepts... field having a nifty fourth dimension making things fly! Catapults instruct almost motility as well as forces inward unproblematic ways. Once you've created a catapult you lot tin sack practise unlike experiments to figure out which materials wing better, how much forcefulness is needed to launch an object, etc.

Here are a few of our other favorite catapult projects:

Animal Olympics Catapult

Spoon Catapult via All For the Boys

Also, if you lot missed it... nosotros announced our Virtual Book Club for Kids authors concluding calendar week for 2013-2014. Come banking concern tally out the listing as well as tell me which writer you lot are most excited about. 

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