Easy Rubber Band Car Instructions

This rubber band powered lego car will zoom across the floor for 20 feet or more.

Easy rubber band car instructions.

It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better. You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o. I have also used a paper clip. This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body.

Building this car is a great engineering project that demonstrates the power of potential and kinetic energy. 2 straws this will be the frame of the car. On twisting the rubber band around the axle you are storing potential energy in it that gets transformed into kinetic energy when you let it go. This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania.

4 toothpicks or wooden skewers. 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. The rubber band unwinds to regain its former configuration spinning the axle and propelling the car forward in the process. Next wrap 2 rubber bands around each cd to make an x shape and attach the cds to the car by sliding the wooden spools onto the dowels.

Hence the more the winds of the rubber band the faster and longer your drive. Finally run a chain of rubber bands from one end of the cardboard tube to the other and secure it with a paper clip. These are recycled paper staws. I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun.

Here are the items needed for your diy race car and the step by step directions for making a diy rubber band racer.