Easy Rubber Band Lego Car

This is a simple instructable that tells you how to make a rubber band powered pull back car.

Easy rubber band lego car. Plus it s even more fun if you can make a car go without just pushing it or by adding an expensive motor. How to make a simple pull back car rubber band powered. Construct a lego catapult this is so much fun to build. Wrap one rubber band around the finger and thumb of your non dominant hand.

There are lots of creative rubber band car ideas but you definitely need a rubber band and a way to wind it up. Although i had initially thought that i needed to choose a book specifically about stem i realized any book provides the same kind of opportunity for learning including our beginner batman book collection. Things you need rubber band kebab skewer straw cardboard 2 old cd s a toy car glue scissors compass tape pen. This month we were invited to participate in a storybook stem challenge series.

It will rub and the car won t roll. The title is self explanatory feel free to copy this emoji. Building this car is a great engineering project that demonstrates the power of potential and kinetic energy. This is an easy knot you can tie with two closed loops like rubber bands are.

Kids love building things that move. I had hot glue guns on hand and all manner of fancy stuff for decorating the cars. I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun. I made a start and finish line with masking tape to facilitate racing.

Slip the other band through the center of band 1 and pull about halfway through. Tie the rubber bands in a cow hitch knot. You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o. This rubber band powered car is an awesome engineering activity for your next stem project time.

Kids will have fun designing and building it and then winding it up and letting it go. What to do 1 cut out four cardboard. Add some learning by measuring how far it shoots. Hook the rubber band straight to the front edge of the tube without going over the front axle.

This rubber band powered lego car will zoom across the floor for 20 feet or more. It would be fun to build these with a lego club or stem class and see whose car travels the farthest.