These are recycled paper staws.
Easy rubber band car instructions.
On twisting the rubber band around the axle you are storing potential energy in it that gets transformed into kinetic energy when you let it go.
Finally run a chain of rubber bands from one end of the cardboard tube to the other and secure it with a paper clip.
It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better.
4 toothpicks or wooden skewers.
This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body.
Here are the items needed for your diy race car and the step by step directions for making a diy rubber band racer.
2 straws this will be the frame of the car.
Next wrap 2 rubber bands around each cd to make an x shape and attach the cds to the car by sliding the wooden spools onto the dowels.
This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania.
I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun.
It would be fun to build these with a lego club or stem class and see whose car travels the farthest.
How to make a simple car with rubber band.
The rubber band unwinds to regain its former configuration spinning the axle and propelling the car forward in the process.
This rubber band powered lego car will zoom across the floor for 20 feet or more.
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You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o.
I have also used a paper clip.