Flying Marshmallows

What do you do on a day that you haven't really planned anything to do with the kids?  Well, you hit Pinterest and hope and pray you find a simple craft quickly.  And having marshmallows already in the cabinets also helped.

I found this fun activity on http://www.itsalwaysautumn.com/2013/5/31/easy-marshmallow-catapults-summer-fun-for-kids.html.  The graphics of how to construct the geometric wonder was very easy to follow; and the kids had a blast shooting them.  Of course, there had to be marshmallows left for eat.  The girls enjoyed a little competition against the boys.  Both groups wanted to see who would be the first to finish building.  I xeroxed the instructions so that they could follow the pictures of how to build the catapult, set the timer, and off they went.   What fun!

Needless to say, there were no losers.  They had too much fun and excitement in flinging the little the marshmallows across the floor, until the all the bases decided at one time not to be bases any longer. But the joy was priceless!

You can have kids measure distance or do estimations to give more depth to the craft.

Supplies:

1. skewers

2. marshmallows

3. plastic spoons

4. rubber bands

Directions:

Since the pictures on the blog It's Always Autumn gives directions so clearly, I'll let you follow them.