Easy Rubber Band Car Instructions

This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body.

Easy rubber band car instructions. You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o. 4 toothpicks or wooden skewers. It would be fun to build these with a lego club or stem class and see whose car travels the farthest. I have also used a paper clip.

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. It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better. Building this car is a great engineering project that demonstrates the power of potential and kinetic energy. This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania.

I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun. I ll include affiliate links to find what you need on amazon as well. The rubber band unwinds to regain its former configuration spinning the axle and propelling the car forward in the process. 2 straws this will be the frame of the car.

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. 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. These are recycled paper staws.

How to make a simple car with rubber band.