The Pencil Crossbow
Another brilliant rubber band bow
You will need
- Sticky tape- Cotton buds (for ammo)- 4 pencils- Plastic drinking straw- Rubber bands- Some help from an adult!
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Step 1
Tie two pencils together at both ends with rubber bands
![](https://www.beano.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/6480_step-1a.jpg)
And tie the other two together as well, but only at one end
![](https://www.beano.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/6481_step-1b.jpg)
Step 2
Tie the pencils together in a cross shape with more rubber bands, like this:
![](https://www.beano.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/6482_step-2.jpg)
Step 3
Cut a small piece of drinking straw off with scissors
![](https://www.beano.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/6483_step-3a.jpg)
Step 4
Slip the piece of drinking straw underneath a rubber band. It should look like this:
![](https://www.beano.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/6484_step-3b.jpg)
Step 5
Stretch a rubber band over the front two pencils and test it by pulling it back
![](https://www.beano.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/6511_step-4-pull-back.jpg)
Done!
Load your crossbow up with cotton buds...pull back...and fire! Make sure you don't fire it at anyone!
![](https://www.beano.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/6486_fire-gif-comp.gif)
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