Did you see my guest post a while back over at Momma Mia's Heart to Heart? Well, just in case I am re-posting the full tutorial on these Marshmallow Catapults!
Some time ago I posted a tutorial on these DIY Picture Holders. Well I basically did the same thing with some additions to make the catapults.
What you will need for one catapult:
-1 wooden square
-1 clothespin
-1 popsicle stick
-1 soda or water bottle cap
-tacky glue
-paint {optional}
-mini marshmallows
-food coloring {optional}
How to make the catapult:
It's pretty self explanitory, but here's what I did-
- paint all wooden pieces {optional}
- using tacky glue, glue the clothespin to the middle of the wooden square & let dry
- glue the popsicle stick to the top of the clothespin and let dry
- glue the bottle cap to the end of the popsicle stick {on the side of the open end of the clothespin}and let dry
- place a marshmallow in the bottle cap and fling away!
We made a game out of it by taking some Dixie cups and taping them togehter with the number of points each was worth.
I had the three kiddos playing with these so I colored the marshmallows so they could tell who scored. {I just evenly divided the marshmallows and put a drop of food coloring in and gave them a mix. I let them sit for a bit to dry so food coloring didn't come off while hitting the celing, floor and any other surface around. I'd test it out on a napkin or something to make sure the coloring doesn't come off though.}
They played for an hour! In toddler/kid time...that's like, forever!
Marshmallows were everywhere...one even landed down my shirt {hence the face}! I swear, a week later we were still finding them hidden in places.
Some even made it into the cups!
It was a ton of fun. I hope you make these and enjoy the play time!
Of course when the kiddos were asleep hubby and I tried catapulting them into eachother's mouths. That was fun too! {but not for the kiddos, it's a choaking hazzard - do it at your own risk with an adult} Sorry we had no photos of that good time.
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This. Is. Awesome. Thank you so much for sharing it on Teach Me Tuesday! I love how perfectly it brings catapult-building into a young child's world! I'm going to pin it and share on FB (PreschoolPowolPackets) too!
ReplyDeleteWOW That looks like fun, even for a kid at heart!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun. We will have to try this.
ReplyDeleteMy husband made these for our family tonight and we had fun shooting those puffy craft poms at one another. Playing with the angle of the popsicle stick produced some neat results too.
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to hear you made them and had fun! :D Thank you for coming by to let me know.
DeleteHi Lauren! I just wanted to let you know that this was one of the most clicked-on links last week, and I'm featuring it today at Teach Me Tuesday! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteOh yay! Thank you so much! I'm so excited. :D
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