Angry Birds: Recycled Edition

K helped with EB on her very first science project this weekend. The theme this year is "recycled goods" -- the project was to take unused objects from around the house and make them into something fun or useful. K had the ingenious idea of making our very own "live action" Angry Bird game. Useful? Probably not. Fun? Definitely. And there are millions of Angry Bird players that would attest to that.

Here's the cast of characters. The disgruntled protagonist is made from a plastic softball, and the pigs are constructed from cardboard taped to Activia yogurt cups. For the facial features and coloring, they used a lot of poster paint and Sharpie markers.

And here's the most important component of the game--the sling. This is made from two training-wheel struts, a piece of particle board scrap, a cut-up jelly jar and a generous amount of duct tape. For the propellant, they started out with an old elastic strap. After a lot of very scientific trial and error, however, they switched to some thick rubber bands that I suggested. It's not the prettiest, but it does the job of launching the Angry Bird.

Here's the finished product in action!