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Junk Jamboree

Hooray! We kicked off our “Summer of Making” this week with a family night workshop. Using reclaimed wood and old junk, participants worked together to create beautiful decorative signs.

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One highlight for many participants was getting to use the drills! It was lots of kiddos’ first time using a power tool and they loved it.

 

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The end results were really fun. I hope everyone enjoys their new quirky, one-of-a-kind decorations:

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Maker Project: Catapult!

Catapult

Guess what I did today! That’s right. I made a catapult. This is a rope torsion catapult, so the potential energy it needs to fire a projectile is stored in 4 lengths of rope twisted around the fulcrum of the throwing arm.

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This is really cool because it’s totally adjustable; crank the rope handles around another time and the catapult becomes more highly powered.