Origami Frogs and Puff Ball Shooters!
We hope you were able to come out to the science fair. It was great to see all the cool things studied and reported on the posters. Maybe you spent some time making a jumping origami frog, or puff ball shooter (or both!). Below are instructions so you can make more frogs or puff ball shooters at home. Enjoy!
Puff
Ball Shooter Instructions
1.
Collect one each paper cup, plastic bag, and pom
pom (puff ball).
2.
Get about 6-8 inches of strong tape
3.
Using dowel (and scissors), make a hole in the
bottom of the paper cup a little smaller than the pom pom.
4.
Open the plastic bag and place over the wide
opening of the paper cup. Tape the
plastic bag to the paper cup and make an air-tight seal.
5.
Inflate your plastic bag through the small pom pom
size hole in the paper cup. Insert your pom
pom in the small hole.
6.
Compress the plastic bag quickly to shoot the pom
pom out of the hole.
How far did your pom pom fly?
Keep trying and see how accurately you can shoot it.
Have
Fun!!!
and my personal favorite frog can be made by watching this video--she's really cool and the frog is so cute!
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