How to Make a Small Crossbow out of Household Items

With just a few household items, you can make your very own small, but incredibly powerful crossbow.

Things You'll Need

• 4 new, unsharpened pencils
• Electrical tape
• Inexpensive pen
• Rubber band

Instructions

1. Use electrical tape or packing tape to tape two new, unsharpened pencils together parallel to one another, leaving the both ends of the pencils exposed. Do this twice so that you have two sets of pencils taped together.

2. Join these two sets of pencils together in a cross or a lowercase "t" shape and tape them into place.

3. Remove the tip, the interior mechanisms and the back end from a cheap pen, leaving an empty tube.

4. Tape the empty tube to one side of the vertical part of the pencil cross you have made.

5. Extend the rubber band horizontally across the pencil cross in front of the empty tube. Attach the rubber band to both sides of the cross by placing each side in between the two pencils on either side of the cross.

6. Wrap a piece of electrical tape around the center of the rubber band. making sure to get both sides of the rubber band together.

7. Place the ink back into the pen tube. Make sure to leave part of the ink cartridge sticking out the back of the tube and the tip of the pen cartridge facing forward.

8. Stretch back the rubber band, placing the taped portion of the tape behind the tube and the ink cartridge. Pull back the ink cartridge and the rubber band and let it go.

Tips & Warnings

• If you do not have tape, you can use rubber bands to secure the pencils together.

• You can shoot anything you want with this crossbow, as long as it will fit into the tube.

• Do not shoot items directly at people or pets with this crossbow. Doing so can cause severe damage to the person or pet.