Extra: Do this project with friends or family. Everyone can build their own car and then see whose can go the farthest. Extra: You can build a car powered by a balloon instead of a rubber band.

Start the activity by wrapping rubber bands around the plastic animals. Do not wrap the rubber bands too tight because you do not want them to snap. To make the activity more challenging, use more ...

The adjoining broom sticks are reinforced with three or four other sticks to make it two to three feet long. The ends are strengthened by small pieces of broomsticks and tied by the rubber bands.

Pullback toy cars allow you to load the wheels with rubber-band tension before releasing them to tear across the floor and crash into each other, the furniture, or Dad’s ankles.

His Rainbow Loom, which kids use to make rubber band bracelets, is one of the hottest toys of this holiday season. It's been nominated in three categories as the Toy Industry Association's Toy of ...