Easy Rubber Band Racers

Rubber band cars are a fun way to learn about motion propulsion and energy.

Easy rubber band racers.

How to make a rubber band and propeller. Place a second rubber band labeled with tab b here on the floor of the car. Even if the wheels do spin there might not be enough friction with the ground causing them to spin in. There s nothing like seeing the smiles on your kid s faces as they make homemade toys.

Move the second rubber band so that it is under the first rubber band then pull the tab b end through the first rubber band. I m a huge race car fan so when we started experimenting with wheeled vehicles in our kid testing lab i knew just what i wanted to create. The rubber band with tab a is lying at the back of the car. They will also explore the engineering design p.

This diy rubber band racer is one of our favorite kid friendly activities to do as a family. They are also fun to play with and race. The steps below require some adult assistance as we used an electric drill and a hot glue gun but our kid testers were happy to help with the other. A lovely and simple rubber band powered toy car made of simple materials to improve kids creativity while having fun.

Using simple household materials and tools it was super easy to create a rubber band powered racer. Firstly by pulling back the rubber band racer you stretch the rubber band thereby storing energy also known as potential energy. Another entertaining video for kids. Our kids really like to make diy toys and the best part you can make it with items found around the home.

The rubber band can slip relative to the wooden axle preventing the wheels from spinning.