How to make a crossbow out of paper? How to make a crossbow at home. We make a mini-crossbow, a crossbow from pencils and paper with our own hands. We make a crossbow trigger mechanism

Modern children spend most of their free time on a computer, tablet or smartphone. They no longer play on the street as before, do not use their imagination, do not invent something unusual. Naturally, times change, generations too, so don’t be too upset, because this is a natural process.

But here's your chance to give your child the opportunity to learn how to make things with their hands while providing them with new toys. For example, you can show him how to make a crossbow out of paper.

Benefits of classes for a child

Many parents may be indignant, because making something with their own hands is no longer relevant, it will only take up the child’s time, and will also take away precious minutes from the parents, because such an activity still needs to be taught, helped, and evaluated. But you don’t have to worry - naturally, there are crafts that can take hours and even days to make, but no one is forcing you to choose them. In order to teach your son or daughter how to make a crossbow out of paper, you will need a maximum of half an hour, but then the child will have a full-fledged toy and a lot of joy from the realization that he made it himself. You can use this when you want to take a little break from your baby, who constantly demands your attention - provide him with the material, and he will selflessly immerse himself in the manufacturing process, and then come running to you with a beaming face, demonstrating the result. So don’t underestimate the benefits of such an activity - in any case, no one is stopping you from trying.

And for testing, creating a crossbow is ideal.

What will you need?

If you are interested in how to make a crossbow out of paper, then first of all you need to decide what you need to make it. Naturally, the main component is paper; you will need at least 10 sheets of it, preferably in A4 format, since it will be much easier to make a crossbow from them. They are also the most accessible, so you shouldn’t have any problems finding this material. But how to make a crossbow out of paper without holding it together? To carry out the fastening you will need regular tape, which is also very easy to get. Another required element is a pencil, which will play the role of an arrow loaded into a crossbow. You will need to use string as a bowstring, but you will need to make sure that it is thick and strong enough. To give the parts the desired shape, you will need scissors, and to make the process more fun, you should get some ice cream. But when you eat it, don't rush to throw away the rest wooden sticks- they will be useful to create a full-fledged crossbow from paper and pencil.

These are all the components you will need - as you can see, there is nothing supernatural here, all the components can be found either at home, or bought at the nearest store.

Creating Crossbow Shoulders

In order to make from paper, you will need to go through three stages, and the first of them is making the shoulders. To begin, you will need four sheets of paper, which you need to fold in half lengthwise and cut along the fold line. After this, take the resulting small sheets and roll them into a tube, using a pencil if necessary. Once the tube is ready, secure its edges with tape to prevent it from unraveling, then repeat the procedure with the remaining half of the small sheets. But this is just the beginning - to give the crossbow arms strength, you will need to place popsicle sticks in paper tubes. On one side, measure four centimeters on the tube and on the stick, insert the stick to the mark and break it so that it remains inside the tube. After this, bend the tube and insert another stick from the other end, and then repeat the procedure with the other shoulder. To make a crossbow made of paper and pencil more reliable, secure the entire result with tape.

Stage two: creating the foundation

Once the arms are ready, you can move on to creating the base of the crossbow, which is also called the stock because it is where the arrows are placed.

To do this, you will need five sheets of paper, which you again fold, using a pencil for better effect, and secure with tape. From the edge where the shoulders will be attached, this tube needs to be made flattened - they will be adjacent to these flattened areas. And again, attach everything very securely, using tape, so that your crossbow does not fall apart, but serves for a long time and is reliable. Here you can also use part of the remaining sheet to make a small tube-sight, which will be slightly larger in diameter than a pencil - the arrow will pass through it when released. Use the remaining paper to make two small tubes at the base of the crossbow - the arrow will go there.

Trigger Installation

But a crossbow differs from a bow in that it has a trigger that automatically releases the string and sends the arrow flying freely. To make it, you will first need to attach a thread to the edges of the crossbow's arms. Then pull it all the way and in the place that comes into contact with the base of the crossbow, make a small hole, and at the bottom it should be slightly wider than at the top. This is where the trigger will be located, which you can make from an unused leftover popsicle stick.

The result is a completely working trigger mechanism that can be used to launch arrows. Before completing the work, check all the elements of the crossbow for secure fastening, and if something somewhere seems shaky to you, do not skimp on tape to secure this part properly.

Safety first

So, you have learned a crossbow that can fire pencil shots. Of course, this is not a real weapon, but if not handled carefully, it can also cause harm to your child's health and damage to your property. Therefore, your child should be taught not only how to make a crossbow, but also how to handle it. Demonstrate everything to him clearly, designate an area where he can play with the crossbow, and then he will be absolutely safe.

There is, perhaps, no other creative material as amazing in its versatility as ordinary paper. Under skillful hands, anything your heart desires can come into being from a sheet of office paper - a craft, and even a model of a crossbow. Yes, not simple, but very effective. How to make a crossbow from ordinary office paper with your own hands will be discussed in our master class.

MK Crossbow made of paper

1. Let's start building a crossbow with a bowstring. For this we will take three thin elastic bands.
2. We pass one elastic band through the other, tightly tightening the resulting knot.

3. We will repeat the same with the third elastic band, thus forming a chain 23-25 ​​cm long.

4. Take a sheet of regular A4 office paper and roll it into a tube along the long side.

5. Secure the end of the tube with tape.

6. Let's fix the other end of the tube in the same way, making sure that it doesn't unwind.

7. Let's roll up a few more paper tubes in the same way.

8. We will also securely secure the ends of these tubes with tape.

9. Cut one of the tubes into two equal parts.

10. Connect the two tubes together at right angles, placing one in the center of the other.

11. Let's strengthen the horizontal tube-base by attaching another one to it.

12. We will not spare the adhesive tape and securely fasten the entire structure together.

13. Take a tube cut into two parts.

14. We wind one of its halves at an angle to cross bar, so that it forms a stop.

15. We will also attach the second half of the tube to the transverse bar on the other side.

16. We roll up another tube.

17. We separate from it a segment equal to 1/3 of its length.

18. We wind this section to the crossbow so that it reaches the intersection of the vertical tube with the side stops. We wind the remaining section of the tube to the vertical support at a right angle, forming a handle.

19. We wrap another paper tube at a right angle at the top of the crossbow.

20. We tighten the bowstring, securing it at both ends of the crossbar.
21. We strengthen the middle part of the bowstring with several layers of tape.

To make a homemade crossbow you will need:
*A block of non-resinous wood, size 700x10x40 mm.
*The second leaf of the spring of the Moskvich car.
*Profile pipe 50x50x2 mm. 10 cm long.
*Profile pipe 15x15x1.5 mm.
*Small segment sheet metal 2 mm.
*Stainless steel metal 4 mm thick. and 0.5-1 mm. (for the descender).
*Steel corner 50x50x4 mm. 35 cm long.
*Rod D=8 mm. 40 cm long.
*Bolts with nuts D=8
*Stainless steel molding from the VAZ-2106 door 2 pcs.
*Metal rollers 2 pcs., glass lifting mechanism from the door of a VAZ car.
*Cable D=3 mm. 3 m long, two terminal loops.
*Epoxy resin, wood stain, wood varnish for exterior use.
*Two small springs (working in tension).
*A dozen nails for roofing felt, one two hundred nail, tube D=6 mm, small washers.

We will use the following tools:
*Welding machine.
*Hand-held circular saw.
*Electric drill with speed control, carbide drills for metal D=3, 5, 8, 10 mm.
*Bulgarian, cutting discs for metal, grinding discs for wood.
*Keys, pliers, screwdriver, vice, narrow chisel, knife.
*File, sandpaper.
*Safety glasses.

Point 1. Making a stock.

Take a well-dried wooden block, I had one made of birch, let's sketch out a sketch of the bed on it. We make each stock the size for ourselves (according to our height), and the stock depending on the length of the arrows that you will use. I use 440 mm arrows, but I had to save money on the stock, I left only 300 mm, so the total length was 740 mm, I didn’t dare to do more.

Let's draw a marking for the guide sample, for the arrow fletching, width 5 mm, depth 10 mm.

By using circular saw We cut out the groove the entire length, to the end of the trigger (lock).

It should look something like this.

Using a drill D=12 mm. We select a cavity for the trigger, level the ledges with a chisel and knife. We drill a hole for the trigger, bore it with a chisel and knife.

Point 2. Making a lock or trigger device.

Let's take the "walnut" type as the basis for the lock. To prevent anything from rusting, we will use stainless steel, take a sheet 4-5 mm thick, if you can’t find one, make it a composite of several sheets glued together and taken with rivets. Draw the shape of the parts on the metal.

Using a cutting disc and a grinder, we cut out the workpiece according to the markings.

In the center of the “nut” we drill a hole for the axis of rotation, D = 6 mm.

We process all sides with a file.

Grinding sandpaper, achieving a completely smooth surface.

It should look something like this.

We grind out the remaining elements of the lock, the sear.

I lengthen the trigger with two thin sheets of stainless steel and secure it with homemade rivets.

On sharpening machine We achieve the desired shape of the blanks.

We make the housing of the trigger mechanism from a thin sheet of metal.

We drill three holes D = 2.5 mm in the body of the sear, one for the fastening axis and two for fastening the springs.

Let's attach the trigger spring into place.

Let's see on the table how the parts become in the cocked state.

And like after the shot.

Let's place one side of the case on the inside of the mechanism and drill holes in place for all the axes.

From a two hundred nail, 6 mm in diameter, we will make an axis for the “nut”.

Saw off the sharp end of the nail.

We measure the length of the future axis and saw it off.

Using thin nails for roofing felt, we will make the remaining rivet axles. Use a grinder to remove the shimmer on the nail heads.

Now they will fit well to the body.

Let's install the sear on the axle in the body, use intermediate washers.

We saw off the excess length of the nail, leaving 1 mm. on both sides for rolling.

Using an anvil, hammer the end of the axle.

We drill a hole for the axle with a spacer to attach the sear spring.

From a suitable tube we cut off a spacer sleeve for this axis.

We move one side of the body to the side.

We install the axle, bushing and engage the spring.

We assemble the body halves together.

We saw off the excess length, leaving a protrusion of 1 mm. under the hammer.

Let's roll it.

Now you can install the largest rivet axle of the lock. Aligning the holes.

Let’s take the previously measured and sawed-off axis D=6 mm and immediately tap it a little with a hammer on one side.

We install it in place.

And we’ll also roll it, the main thing is not to overdo it, so as not to jam the moving mechanism inside.

Point 3. Installation of the lock mechanism in the stock.

If something prevents the lock from sitting well in place, we modify it with a chisel or knife. After installation, check how the trigger moves.

If everything is fine, you can drill holes for the mounting screws and screw them into place.

Now we need decorations from the door of the VAZ-2006, they are also made of stainless steel, which is very good. To give them additional rigidity, they were filled with epoxy resin.

After complete hardening, in a day, we will drill four holes D = 3 mm in each for fastening screws.

Using a large drill, we will make hidden places for the heads of the screws so that the bowstring cable does not get caught when it slides along it.

We polish the hole exits with fine sandpaper to remove all burrs that damage the cable.

We install the finished guides on the bed.

We make sure that the screws do not go through in thin places.

We check that the lock moves without snagging on the guides.

Point 5. Making an arc or shoulders.

From the same donor doors, using a grinder, we extract the rollers of the glass lifting mechanism.

From these we will make blocks for the shoulders, and the arch itself from the second leaf of a spring from an old Moskvich car.

We will make pads to attach the spring to the stock.
To do this, from a 50x50 mm corner. let's cut it out constituent elements, to assemble by welding, this is the mount (block).

Let's process it welds Bulgarian Let's drill mounting holes D=10 mm. under the bolts.

By finished sample and the dimensions of the resulting block, we make grooves for fastening in the stock. We try on the fit, achieve a tight fit and fastening. According to the calculated position of the future bowstring, we outline and make a through groove in the sidewall of the stock, 70 mm long. 10 mm wide, the lower bowstrings will go here.

We bend and weld the leg bracket (stirrup).

Ears for blocks.
From profile pipe 50x50 we will make eyes for attaching the roller blocks to the arc (spring).

The most difficult thing in making the arc itself from a spring at home is drilling holes in it. It is necessary to drill with a drill at low speeds so that the drill does not burn, and constantly use water. If possible, drill with drills of different diameters, from thin to thick in increments of 0.5-1 mm, and constantly sharpen the tool.

We fasten the brackets with short M8 bolts and grind off the caps.

We attach the spring to the block with two M8 bolts, followed by a small weld along the edge of the fastening.

Now you need to open the bed with varnish and dry it.
We install the block with an arc on the stock, hammer down the metal-wood for a tight fit.

Insert and tighten the M8 bolts.

From long M10 bolts we will make axle bolts reduced in length with a short thread for blocks.

Let's take a tube from the anchor and use it to make spacer bushings for the block axes.

Let's drill holes D=10 mm in the ears. to install blocks. We install rigid loop ends on the cable.

We install a block with a cable on one side of the shoulder. Do not tighten the nut too much, so as not to jam the rotation of the roller.

Drill a hole in the nut and bolt for the stud.

We install the stud and press it with the nut in the direction of unscrewing.

We push the cable through the hole in the stock and do the same with installing the roller on the other side of the shoulder.

Point 6. Upper part castle

From a profile pipe 15x15 mm. saw off two 120 mm sections. Using a grinder, we cut out two (L) shaped blanks from sheet metal, one rectangular plate (on the top) and a triangle (on the back).

We weld all the parts together and clean them welding seams grinding disc, so that it turns out to be a solid part.

From an old folding steel meter, we make an elastic arrow holder.

The photo shows the mounting bolts for the rack for the optical sight.

The same thing, only the bolts also clamp the boom holder.

The sight rail itself (dovetail) is made of the same 2 mm sheet metal, with the sides ground off for mounting optics.

A square pad is visible along the optic rail to raise the rear and thereby tilt the scope down for correct aiming at targets beyond 25 m.

We install the lock bracket on the stock and drill holes for fastening, self-tapping screws and an M6 bolt.

We tighten the small screws so that they do not go into the arrow feather channel.

We tighten the back screw.

Additionally, we drill a hole and install the last bolt.

We install an optical sight.

Sometimes it takes a lot of time, materials and effort to make something yourself. But there is also a simple way to please your restless child and keep him busy for a while. For example, teach him to make a crossbow out of paper.

What do you need to make a crossbow?

For making paper crossbow you will need:
- 10 sheets of A4 paper;
- scotch;
- pencil;
- ice cream sticks;
- scissors;
- thick strong thread.

First of all, you need to make a crossbow body, which consists of:
- shoulders;
- the main part, which is called the bed;
- trigger mechanism.

Below you will learn how to make a crossbow out of paper with your own hands. If you want to see this process clearly, after reading the instructions, watch the video about making this craft.

Stage one: making the shoulders

Take four sheets of paper, fold them in half along the long side and cut along this fold. Now take one half consisting of four cut sheets. Very carefully roll them into a tube around the pencil, and secure the edge with tape so that it cannot unwind. It's best if you wrap the tape in the middle first and then around the edges.

Take the rest of the cut paper and roll the tube again. To make this easier, place the pencil away from the edge, fold the paper around the pencil, and leave some paper to place under the pencil. Start rolling a tight and even tube.

Next, measure four centimeters at the ice cream stick and on the resulting tubes. Now insert the sticks into the tubes up to the mark and break off the rest along the mark. Now take two more sticks and insert them into the tubes on the other side, perpendicular to the already inserted sticks. Then wrap the paper tubes with tape so that they cannot break or unwind. This will also give them some springiness, which will help your arrows fly. After this, bend the tubes at the four centimeter mark.

Stage two: making the bed

You will need five sheets of A4 paper. They need to be twisted along the short side. To make this easier, use a pencil again. Then secure the edge of the tube with tape.

Now connect the shoulders and the stock. To do this, one end of the large tube needs to be made flatter. Then take bent tubes and attach to the flattened end. It's best to take one at a time and secure them with tape so that nothing falls apart. Do not skimp on the tape in this place, as this is the most movable part of the crossbow. It is necessary that the thread does not dangle, but, on the contrary, attracts the arms of the crossbow to each other.

Stretch the bowstring, to do this, tie one end of the thread to one shoulder of the crossbow, then leave the length from one end to the other plus two centimeters and tie it to the second shoulder. Thus you have a crossbow mask.

Stage three: making the trigger mechanism

Pull the string down to form a square and mark this area with a pencil. Then use a paper knife or other sharp object to cut through a small hole where the mark is located. It is necessary that the slot on the bottom side be slightly larger than on the top so that the trigger has movement. It is worth considering that an older child (school student) can use a crossbow.

Make the trigger itself from a small stick, which you insert into the slot; there should be a small tip on top, and a larger one on the bottom, so that it is convenient for you to move it. You need to make two more small tubes and secure them on top next to the trigger so that arrows can be inserted there. Insert an arrow (pencil) and check the resulting crossbow. Be careful: Just like archery, you need to be careful with a crossbow to avoid the possibility of injury. Before using it, be sure to explain the rules safe use to your child.

How to make a crossbow out of paper?

Everything in the office is heated to the limit; even ice cream doesn’t help cool down the heat? Just a little bit and an unforgettable battle will begin, and you don’t have a weapon... Then you definitely need to learn how to make a crossbow out of paper yourself. For this we will need: office paper, twine, ice cream sticks, tape and knowledge of origami.

Instructions

Let's take a closer look at how to make a crossbow out of paper. Let's make the main parts. This is a tension mechanism with two arches of the bow. We take four sheets of paper, fold them into a stack and cut them in half lengthwise.

• We twist the cut halves tightly onto a pencil, secure it with tape and wrap it over the entire surface. This gives strength and elasticity to the workpieces.
• We divide the stick into three equal parts and insert 1/3 into one of the tubes.
• We break off our stick along the mark, insert this end into the next tube and also tear it off along the mark made.
• We don’t throw away the pieces that are left from the sticks, we will still need them. We insert a whole stick from the other end of the tube until it stops, making sure that the already inserted broken part is perpendicular to the long one.
• Now we insert the long sticks into both tubes and, where they connect, bend them at an angle of 90 degrees. The tensioning mechanism is done.
• The next step is to make the crossbow carriage and attach all the other parts to it. We take paper, fold four sheets in half and wrap it around a pencil as tightly as possible, securing it with tape.
• Straighten the front edge of the carriage. Using tape, we attach the tension mechanism to the main part by the short ends. We tie a piece of twine of suitable length to the ends of the sticks.
• We make the trigger mechanism. Using a knife, we cut a slot in the carriage so that it is inclined towards the back of the crossbow. Divide a short piece of stick in half and insert it into the hole. As a result, we get a taut bowstring that, due to its inclination, does not catch or slip anywhere.
• We twist a strip of paper on a pencil so that it passes through it freely. We attach the made tube to the front of the carriage using tape. It plays the role of a barrel and guides the pencil when firing.
• We attach two compressed tubes with tape to the top side of the trigger. It should turn out that they will be in height relative to the trigger, and the lowered bowstring will rest against the center of the end of the pencil, which lies between these tubes.

Now you know how to make a crossbow out of paper.