Cardboard Rubber Band Race Car

You ve given the rubber band potential stored energy.

Cardboard rubber band race car.

This is probably one of our favorite rubber band toys we have made. It might be our favorite diy kid s toy we have made we ve made plenty of diy wooden cars too. To increase power use stronger rubberband or use more than one rubberbands. If you want to do something with those pesky cardboard shipping boxes try making a toy car.

So make some cars race them and have fun. It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better. Also make the body stronger by attaching another layer or cardboard. Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side.

Rubber band powered cardboard car. This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania. To make a rubber band car start by inserting 2 dowels through a cardboard tube 1 at each end for the axles on your car. Turn the axle several times.

You can modify this car to increase its performance. To increase distance use a longer rubberband and also make the car longer to fit the rubberband properly. Wrap the unattached end of the rubber band over the catch. Attach the rubber band.

While you can certainly use a paper towel tube for your car i chose a sturdier tube that came from a box of aluminum foil.