Boy crafts are few and far between – so when I headed out on errands and Trevor planned to make some rubberband guns, I asked him to take some pictures for me to blog. While I’m writing this tutorial, he’s out of town, so I hope I can guess from the pictures how to make them. Here we go – how to make a Rubberband Gun – – –
First have the boys draw their design on paper. Designing is part of the fun! Then grab some scraps and try to copy the design into something real…
Remember, I’m interpreting the pictures….
Cut the pieces of wood:
Lay them out how you want them to go together:
Pre-drill the holes so you don’t split the wood:
Screw the pieces together (um, the clothespin isn’t attached at this point – ignore that in the picture):
Saw out a groove on the end of the barrel to hold the rubberband:
Put superglue on the underside of a clothespin and hold it or clamp it into place until firm:
That’s it! Discuss various rules, such as no aiming for faces, etc. To load, you hook one end of the rubber band in the grove and the other is held by the clothespin. To shoot, just aim and open the clothespin.
Armed and dangerous:
If you have questions about all this, I’ll have Trevor answer them, so the answers will make sense!
JULIE says
YAY for boy crafts!!! It’s raining today, so my boys are bored… not anymore! Thanks!
Tonia @ TheGunnySack.com says
My son was looking over my shoulder as I opened your page and he said, “Cool…they shoot rubber bands?” He would love one of these!
Melanie @ bear rabbit bear says
Aww..my nephew would love this!!
P.S. Also newly following your blog on GFC and Facebook- Love it!!
Melanie
bearrabbitbear.blogspot.com
Tracy-CraftJunkieToo says
Love this — I have a 5 year old that {{loves}} toy guns and this will definitely be something we will be trying. Thanks for the tutorial 🙂
Tracy
Renee says
Mark would love this (as would the boys!). Great idea!!
Del says
So fun!
Southern Gurl Crafting says
I love this, I’m going to make one for all the boys for Christmas, and a big pink one for me!
John Smith says
I love the post! I have so many memories of this. when I was a kid, my elder brother made a rubber band gun for me and I shoot him first as a test purpose. Thank you for reminding me.
John Smith recently posted…4 Best Scope for Lever Action 45 70 (Latest Updated)
Peter Clark says
I love the blog very much, i tried all this things in my childhood and still missing those days.