Marshmallow Gun Fun

:) I realized I never got around to telling you how to make these great marshmallow guns. I had the grandkids make these during our family reunion this year and they were quite a hit with the adults as well as the kids.

You need the following 1/2" PVC (not cvpc) pieces
(2) elbows
(2) T's
(2) caps
(5) 5" pieces of PVC
(1) 3" piece of PVC
(1) 8" piece of PVC

Now using PVC glue assemble as soon. You may want to precut the pieces if you are dealing with very young kids, otherwise let them cut their own with a hacksaw. Sand off any rough edges. Get a bag of mini marshmallows and insert into short tube, give a good strong burst of air and have fun. If you get any stuck that you can't blow through with an additional marshmallow, run hot water through the tube to clean it out and let it dry good before using again. The less the kids touch the marshmallows with thier mouth the less chance they will get wet and stuck. Also permanent markers are great for letting them add their own personal touches to the gun when it is done. There were quite a few imaginative guns made at our reunion. Some of the builders even gave their guns names.

You can set up targets. Shoot each other. Form teams and play war. We did adults against the kids and you had to get hit 3 times before you were out it was lots of fun. If you are doing this at camp make sure you do it in an area you don't care about the bears showing up for clean up. I have also tried some variations to this design and it seems you want at least one turn to build up pressure, but other than that let your imagination go you can even make one that shoots around corners. Handy for the war game.

Mountain girl, Paula, Logging off and playing like a kid.

I'm back....Update

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I had satellite internet problems that took a week to fix. Then a family reunion to prepare for. So this edition shows everyone who came for the reunion. Since people weren't in good lines for me to tell you who they are. I will just give you an overview. The youngest was my grandaughter, Ella 2 years old and the oldest my Great,great Aunt Pauline at 93, still sharp as a tack and full of great stories, some of which I will relay later.

The week before the reunion we had record cold, frost. The week of the reunion record hot in the upper 90's.
It is hard to know which would have been better. We spent most of the time in the creek cooling off.

The second picture shows the hit of the reunion, making and shooting marshmallow guns. The kids are displaying their guns. We had a kid versus adult war and I must say us Adults didn't fare too bad.

This is a great project and next blog I will give you the instructions to make your own. The last picture shows Aunt Pauline being shown how to use a leap frog pad by Ella the youngest. It is amazing the techno ability of the young.


I will cherish this picture as you never know if we will have the honor of Ella's great,great,great,great Aunt again. I promise to post more again, but I must head off to work.

Mountain girl, Paula, logging out.