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May 13, 2015

DIY Catapults for Kids

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Hands on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities can get kids thinking critically while having fun. One of the simplest and coolest ways to see engineering in action is by making catapults for kids.

It’s a STEM activity you can play with again and again!

Making a catapult is fun but don’t stop there!

We’ve partnered with Sylvan Learning to help parents and kids develop their critical thinking and problem solving skills with fun STEM activities. We took some of the principles taught in the Sylvan EDGE classes and used them to explore STEM ideas with catapults.

Head over to their blog to see how kids can learn about force, levers, simple machines and more while sharpening their critical thinking skills–you won’t believe how fun it is!

Awesome STEM Activity for Kids--Make a Craft Stick Catapult!

Thanks to Sylvan Learning for sponsoring this post and encouraging hands-on STEM fun!

Don’t let the fun and discovery stop there!

We have TONS of science experiments your kids will love on our Super Cool Science Experiments for Kids page! 

The most fun science experiments for kids ever!

Take me to the experiments –> Super Cool Science Experiments for Kids

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. Tracy says

    May 21, 2015 at 8:01 am

    Megan I just love this post! I’m drinking my morning coffee and praying I have a few popsicle sticks and rubber bands in the kitchen! (maybe I can make and play catapult before the kids wake up!)

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      May 21, 2015 at 9:25 am

      We get ours out every single day!!!! I hope you found rubber bands and popsicle sticks!!!

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      • Fabiola says

        October 10, 2020 at 12:08 pm

        How many Popsicle sticks in total?

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        • Megan Sheakoski says

          October 26, 2020 at 12:23 pm

          You can start with 10 for a simple design! If you go to the Sylvan post linked above there are full directions. 🙂

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  2. Lori says

    April 15, 2016 at 3:10 pm

    What are the little cups you use to hold the pom-poms at the business end of the catapult?

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  3. Nancy says

    September 2, 2016 at 8:32 pm

    What is the ring holding the Pom Pom in place?

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      September 8, 2016 at 7:50 pm

      It’s a plastic bottle cap, but anything similar will work!

      Reply
  4. Kim says

    October 6, 2016 at 9:42 am

    Making these with our home school group tomorrow! Thank you so much for sharing!!

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  5. Kaitlin says

    October 23, 2018 at 2:42 pm

    How did you hold the bottle cap on the catapult?

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      October 24, 2018 at 3:07 pm

      You can hot glue it on!

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