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HOW TO MAKE A BOLLON CAR
FOR YOUR KIDS FROM
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS?
By How Mo Cong
straw since only the smooth and
Balloon-powered car is a fun
straight part able to hold the wheels
craft project that suitable for all ages. and axles in place.
Carrying out such innovative
inventions and interesting Next, tape the straws to the
experiments with children at home cardboard and lay the straws across
during the period of movement the cardboard’s width, ½-inch from
control order can enrich and inspires each narrow end. Make sure the
their thinking mind. Furthermore, straws are straight and parallel to the
scientific activities derived from a ends of the cardboard. After that,
variety of scientific concepts, secure the straws to the cardboard
principles, or theories can broaden with tape and use duct tape to ensure
and expand their horizons. It's also a the straws do not wiggle loose and
great lesson for children in recycling cover the entire length of each straw.
and how to re-purpose waste items
into fun toys. Let us get into our Afterward, cut the pointy ends
topics now!
off of the wooden skewer first.
Subsequently, cut each wooden
Various elements are needed to skewer down to 4 inches to compose
be prepared to erect a balloon- the axles for the car's wheels.
powered car. In particular, a plastic Succeeded, slide the skewers into the
bottle, four plastic bottle caps, a
straws. Ensure that the skewers
wooden skewer, two straws, a sticking out of each end, the wheels
balloon, a roll of tape plus a sharp will go onto the skewers next and this
knife, or scissors. will allow the axles to rotate freely and
smoothly inside the straws and allow
To begin with, cut a rectangle your car to move swiftly.
out of cardboard with a pair of
Obtain the wheels using bottle
scissors or a craft blade cautiously.
caps to trace four circles onto a sheet
Then, decorate the cardboard with
paint or cover it with bright tape to of cardboard. Then, cut the circles out
make it look attractive and vivid. make use of scissors or a craft blade.
Later, cut a straw into two pieces, but You can also use bottle caps instead
of paper cardboard. The following,
do not include the bendy part of the
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