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Blow Darts

Blow Darts

Using one straw for the blower, and a thinner straw for the darts, you can make these blow darts and challenge your friends and family!

Ages:
4 - 9
Est. Time:
<30 mins

How we did it:

Materials List

  1. drinking straws (2, of different diameter)
  2. clay
  3. scissors
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    Size doesn't matter, as long as one straw fits inside the other.

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    Maddie cut the smaller straw into four pieces.

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    Then she took a chunk of clay, and softened and flattened it to a thickness of a half-inch or so.

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    She poked the cut straws into the clay.

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    That's all there is to it! Now.... One.

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    Two....

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    Three!!

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    Try cutting them different lengths, and with different amounts of clay in them! Want to make a target? What happens if you put in several at a time?!?

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