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Cupid’s Bow & Arrow

February 6, 2021 by discoverystation

Join our friend Lydia Sohn, a Discovery Station Ambassador and Miss Western Maryland 2020, for her latest lyDIYa #STEAM activity! Explore concepts of potential and kinetic energy, as well as engineering, with this fun Cupid’s Bow and Arrow activity that you can easily do at home!

Materials

  • Craft Sticks
  • Wooden Dowels
  • Rubber Bands
  • Glue/Tape
  • Empty Toilet Paper Rolls
  • String
  • Foam Hearts (Two Sizes)
  • Markers
  • Paint
  • Pens
  • Construction Paper
  • Glue Gun (Optional and parent supervision required!)

Before beginning this activity, follow Lydia’s DIY Tutorial in the video below (2:40​ – Cupid’s Bow and Arrow)

Directions

  1. Create your bow using the craft sticks! It can be any size and shape, and the design is up to you! We recommend using a glue gun to hold everything together – but use it with parental supervision!
  2. Decorate your bow with markers, stickers, paint, and pens!
  3. To creat arrows, glue foam hearts to the wooden dowl.
  4. To create the arrowsheath, glue construction paper around the roll.
  5. Tape each end of your string to either side of the paper towell roll.
  6. Take a circular piece of construction paper and secure it onto one end of the roll, so the arrows don’t fall out.
  7. Set-up “targets” (the bigger foam hearts) around your room and try your hand at playing cupid!

Can you think of how to get your arrow to shoot farther? Hint: The stronger the force of the elastic rubber band, the farther your arrow should fly!

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