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!

http://www.origamispirit.com/2013/05/origami-jumping-frog/