Marshmallow Catapults

Did you see my guest post a while back over at Momma Mia's Heart to Heart? Well, just in case I am re-posting the full tutorial on these Marshmallow Catapults!

Some time ago I posted a tutorial on these DIY Picture Holders. Well I basically did the same thing with some additions to make the catapults.

What you will need for one catapult:

-1 wooden square

-1 clothespin

-1 popsicle stick

-1 soda or water bottle cap

-tacky glue

-paint {optional}

-mini marshmallows

-food coloring {optional}

How to make the catapult:

It's pretty self explanitory, but here's what I did-

• paint all wooden pieces {optional}
• using tacky glue, glue the clothespin to the middle of the wooden square & let dry
• glue the popsicle stick to the top of the clothespin and let dry
• glue the bottle cap to the end of the popsicle stick {on the side of the open end of the clothespin}and let dry
• place a marshmallow in the bottle cap and fling away!

We made a game out of it by taking some Dixie cups and taping them togehter with the number of points each was worth.

 

 I had the three kiddos playing with these so I colored the marshmallows so they could tell who scored.  {I just evenly divided the marshmallows and put a drop of food coloring in and gave them a mix. I let them sit for a bit to dry so food coloring didn't come off while hitting the celing, floor and any other surface around. I'd test it out on a napkin or something to make sure the coloring doesn't come off though.}

 They played for an hour! In toddler/kid time...that's like, forever!

 Marshmallows were everywhere...one even landed down my shirt {hence the face}! I swear, a week later we were still finding them hidden in places.

Some even made it into the cups!

 It was a ton of fun. I hope you make these and enjoy the play time!

Of course when the kiddos were asleep hubby and I tried catapulting them into eachother's mouths. That was fun too! {but not for the kiddos, it's a choaking hazzard - do it at your own risk with an adult} Sorry we had no photos of that good time.

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