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Home » Holiday Science » Halloween Science » Catapulting Spiders- Halloween STEM Challenge

Catapulting Spiders- Halloween STEM Challenge

Modified: Oct 2, 2024 · Published: Oct 22, 2023 by Emma Vanstone · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

Lolly stick catapults are a great hands-on science activity that’s very easy to theme for any time of year. You might have seen my snowman catapults last year. I also have golden snitch catapults, pokemon catapults and catapulting planets!

These catapulting spiders are a great hands-on STEM challenge for Halloween.

How to make catapulting spiders

You’ll need

Wide popsicle sticks/ lolly sticks

Elastic bands

Plastic spiders

Double-sided tape

Milk bottle top

lolly sticks, elastic bands, two plastic spiders, a milk bottle top and double sided tape for a Halloween STEM challenge

Instructions

Follow my easy to follow catapult instructions. It should look like the image below when complete.

lolly stick catapult with a plastic spider on top for a Halloween STEM challenge

Watch the video

How do lolly stick catapults work

When you push down on the arm of the catapult, the lolly stick bends, giving it energy. When the arm is released, the energy is transferred to the spider, which flies through the air.

The further down the catapult arm is pushed, the more force is used, which gives the lolly stick more energy to transfer to the spider, making it travel further.

Get the instructions

Spider Catapult Instructions
instructions for a spider catapult for a Halloween STEM Challenge

More Halloween STEM challenges

Make a popsicle stick candy grabber. This is a brilliant Halloween engineering challenge.

Team Cartwright has a fantastic spider web science activity using wax crayons.

Have a go at my Incy Wincy Spider themed science experiments.

Finally, take a look at my full collection of Halloween STEM Challenges!

lolly stick catapult with a plastic sider on top for a Halloween STEM challenge

Last Updated on October 2, 2024 by Emma Vanstone

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