Cardboard Rubber Band Race Car

Here are the items needed for your diy race car and the step by step directions for making a diy rubber band racer.

Cardboard rubber band race car.

Also make the body stronger by attaching another layer or cardboard. It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better. If you want to do something with those pesky cardboard shipping boxes try making a toy car. Attach the rubber band.

To increase distance use a longer rubberband and also make the car longer to fit the rubberband properly. Tape one end of a rubber band to the cardboard at the end opposite the axle. To increase power use stronger rubberband or use more than one rubberbands. So make some cars race them and have fun.

Turn the axle several times. It might be our favorite diy kid s toy we have made we ve made plenty of diy wooden cars too. Wrap the unattached end of the rubber band over the catch. You can modify this car to increase its performance.

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. Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side. You ve given the rubber band potential stored energy. Rubber band powered cardboard car.

This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania.