Easy & Fun Halloween DIY: Spooky Wind-Up Critters!

Try making these spooky critters for Halloween!

You’ll need: paper cup, small roll of tape, rubber bands, scissors, markers
1: Turn the cup upside down and draw a spooky face.
2: Tape a rubber band onto the roll of tape so the tape can spin like a wheel.
3: Stretch a few rubber bands around the tape-wheel like tire treads.
4: Cut two notches in the lip of the cup. Hook the rubber band around the notches to attach the wheel.
5: Spin the wheel backwards to wind it up. Then let go and watch your critter roll!

These critters also double as a spook-tacular demonstration of potential and kinetic energy. When you stretch out the rubber band by winding it up, that’s potential energy. The rubber band isn’t moving yet, but it’s ready to. And when you let go, that’s kinetic energy, or the energy of motion. The rubber band quickly unwinds and unstretches, which turns the wheel and makes the critter roll — boo!

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