When you push the skewer into the marshmallow, don’t push it through the other side. About halfway through should do. You can secure the skewers to the marshmallows using painter’s tape if you need to. Wrap the tape around the skewer and the point it enters the marshmallow. This will keep the skewers in place. When finished, the 3 marshmallows should form the 3 points of the triangle and the 3 skewers should be the 3 sides.
Stick the 3 skewers into a marshmallow to hold them all together.
Wrap the rubber band around the skewers. With all the extra rubber band, twist it and wrap it over the skewers again. Keep twisting the excess rubber band until it’s tightly wrapped around the skewers and the marshmallow.
The skewer should sit below the peak and not off to 1 side. The bowl of the spoon should be facing upward so it can hold the marshmallow before you launch it. Use painter’s tape or another rubber band to secure this skewer to the marshmallow you picked.
Create a target on a wall using your painter’s tape. You can fire mini, standard, or jumbo-sized marshmallows.
When finished, the sticks should be secured very tightly to each other. Use a different colored band if you want your catapult to look colorful.
When you’re finished wrapping the rubber band around 1 end of the bundle, pull the opposite ends of the sticks apart at the other side. The band should stay in place at the bottom end while you do this.
The bundle should fit in a place between the 2 sticks where it’s tight but has no chance of damaging the other 2 sticks.
Wrap the tape around the stick a few times to hold the spoon in place. Make sure the tape isn’t too tight as the spoon needs to bend.
You can make goalposts using the other sticks. Place 2 sticks lengthwise on a table and 1 stick between them. Secure this stick to the 2 sticks using a rubber band. Place this goalpost up against a book or salt shakers to create a goal to aim your marshmallows at. Use any size marshmallow you want with your catapult.
Make sure you have all the ends of the sticks touching another end before you glue them together.
Use glue to attach the 3 sticks to your square.
Use scissors to cut the ends off of each stick.
A bulldog clip is a small device made to hold sheets of paper together. It has 2 different clips, 1 on each side, that are made to hold paper. Use these clips to hold your craft sticks instead. Give the glue about 30 minutes to dry before moving on.
Wait for 30 minutes to let the glue dry.
Do this again with another 3 sticks to create a panel for the other side.
Cut the stick and glue this small section between your 2 side panels.
Mini marshmallows will fly the furthest distance and jumbo marshmallows the shortest distance.
