Cardboard Rubber Band Race Car

You ve given the rubber band potential stored energy.

Cardboard rubber band race car.

Tape one end of a rubber band to the cardboard at the end opposite the axle. You can modify this car to increase its performance. Here are the items needed for your diy race car and the step by step directions for making a diy rubber band racer. 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.

This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania. Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side. To increase power use stronger rubberband or use more than one rubberbands. Attach the rubber band.

You need rubber bands cardboard tape glue scissors and two pencils. It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better. Rubber band powered cardboard car. 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.

It might be our favorite diy kid s toy we have made we ve made plenty of diy wooden cars too. Also make the body stronger by attaching another layer or cardboard. Wrap the unattached end of the rubber band over the catch. So make some cars race them and have fun.

If you want to do something with those pesky cardboard shipping boxes try making a toy car.