How Do You Make A Balloon-Powered Toy Car?
A balloon-powered, balsa-wood car is a simple crafting project which can be completed without any special wood-working or crafting skills. Created entirely from cheap items, and held together using glue and tape, this car can be created quickly and provide plenty of fun as it rushes around a room. Cut one straw into two portions, 2 inches long each, and the skewers into one 6-inch portion each, and discard the remainder. Cut a piece of balsa wood, 4 inches by 6 inches. Glue the two cut pieces of drinking straw to the top of the balsa wood, about 1/2-inch in from each 4-inch side of the wood, running parallel to the 4-inch side. Glue a bottle cap to one end of each skewer, positioning the skewer so that it is in the center of the cap, so that it will rotate evenly. Apply a ring of hot glue around the straws about 1/2-inch in from the bottle cap. Each ring is applied individually. Do not glue the straws together. Pass the skewers through the straw portions, and repeat Steps 4 and 5 with
