A Rubber Band Car

Are the gears whirring away inside your head yet.

A rubber band car.

Making the wheels 1. The button needs to be big enough to cover the hole in the middle of the. Hot glue a 1 inch 2 54 centimeter wooden spool to the back of each cd. Make sure to check out our lego rubber band car design too.

Wrap some rubber bands around the. Create the drive wheel and the body cut 3 wheels and 2 of the body. Small plastic wheels and 1 8 dowels optional. This rubber band powered car is an awesome engineering activity for your next stem project time.

Glue two of the axle. There are lots of creative rubber band car ideas but you definitely need a rubber band and a way to wind it up. Place the rubber band over the center of one hole and use the rubber band as a guide for placing the rest of the holes. Long distance rubber band car step 1.

Draw a line of hot glue around the clear. Glue the wheels together to form one. Insert the 6 inch dowel into the holes of the front axle. Corrugated cardboard two drinking straws two wooden skewers four cds that are okay to get scratched sponge paper clip assorted rubber bands tape scissors flat hard surface for testing your car hot glue gun optional.

Heavy materials like metal washers. Drill a 5 8 inch hole in the. Glue them together in groups of three. Hot glue a button to the front of each cd.