Talha my then 6 yo thought its so simple to build and I agreed.
That was our biggest mistake.
You can see in the pictures the items to be used are so common but yet we couldn't find them. Who keeps Popsicle sticks after eating Walls ice cream or the large rubber bands.
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| Material for catapult building |
OK we have those small rubber bands we get from Dahi Wala (yogurt shopkeeper) but they are wrapped so tightly with a mysterious knot that they break.
Sometimes I feel like asking the Dahi wala to teach me this knot.
So let get back to Catapult..
It happened that after so much effort and attempt, we finally got a prototype of catapult but it broke when we played a little with it.
After few months I went to a craft shop and there I found all the right supplies needed to built a perfect catapult.
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| We made three catapults: Left to right. Polka dot, butter fly, Pakistani truck art. |
Since I am a homeschooling mom, I planned the catapult activity along with three other amazing fun projects for the homeschooling kids. The mothers registered so quickly that we ran out of slots and I had to lock the list of participants.
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Moms brought the items required. Popsicle stick, crayons and rubber bands.
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| We selected kids aged 8 to 10 for the activity |
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| Final result |
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| We experimented with different materials to pop |
So everyone was happy except for the moms who could not come and those who attended wanted the left over supplies for kids at home but there were none.
It's then I decided I should buy the supplies and make it available for kids who are interested in building it and who isn't?
Visit my Facebook page, Message to get the kit along with two other Math project. Ideal for kids 8 to 13 year old.
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| Our Math Box |
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