The Catapult Game - Storm The Castle!
The Catapult game is a fun little game that you can make in an hour. You build a little catapult out of popsicle sticks, build your castle then hurl paper ball projectiles at it. Here is a video of me playing the game. Catapult Game Video
The object of the game: You have ten paper balls to hurl at the castle and the castle has windows of different sizes. Each window is worth a different amount of points, and of course the small window at the top is worth the most. See how many points you can get with your ten paper projectiles.
This Game takes about 90 Minutes to make. The catapult takes an hour and the rest of the game takes half an hour.
How to Make this Catapult Game
What you need:
- 1 Piece of thin wood like paneling or even a piece of stiff cardboard about three feet long and 18 inches wide. This can vary
- a piece of poster board about two feet by two feet
- marker
- ruler
- scissors
- ten paper balls
- masking tape
- your catapult, I will show you a bit about how to make this from 9 popsicle sticks, masking tape and a rubber band
Draw your castle on the piece of poster board. Make the window and door holes different sizes. The big main door is 1 point, the top window is 10 points and the side windows are 5 points. Make the tabs shown on the left and right nice and large. These are needed to assemble the castle upright.
Cut out the castle and the holes for the door and windows.
With masking tape fold the castle tabs so it stands up then tape it all down to one end of your battlefield.
Draw a line at the other end of the Battlefield. This is the foul line that the catapult must stay behind.
And you are ready to go!
A little bit about the Catapult. This catapult is easy to build and uses popsicle sticks, masking tape and a rubber band. I have a little bit about how to make it on this page - The Teeny Tiny Catapult
Popsicle sticks have been a staple of easy and creative fun for as long as there have been popsicles. A little glue, paint or other things can really set the creative wheels in motion. Here is a book of more projects with craft sticks
Look What You Can Make With Craft Sticks: Over 80 Pictured Crafts and Dozens of Other Ideas (Craft)
Need Popsicle Sticks? They are cheap and you can get them real fast from Amazon.com. This box should keep your craft making going for a while and will save you from having to eat all those popsicles.
Table of Contents for this tutorial
BACK TO THE CATAPULT MAIN PAGE
- Make the Table Top Troll Catapult Home and materials requred
- Begin assembly of the sides and base
- Assemble the catapult firing arm
- Complete the assemblly and finish by painting
- Video of this catapult firing
- Books/Medieval store
- Free Catapult Plan
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- Make A Popsicle Stick Catapult
- The Teeny-Tiny Catapult
- Make and Play the Tiny Catapult Game
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- Make a PVC pipe catapult
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