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How to Make a Marshmallow Shooter

Want a fun and inexpensive project to do with your kids (or for yourself if you're still a child at heart)? Making a marshmallow shooter is easy. Materials generally cost less than $5. The main item you need is ½-inch PVC pipe. You can cut the PVC pipe yourself with a handsaw or pipe cutter (around $10) or take your measurements with you to your hardware or home improvement store. Many stores will cut the pipe to your specifications for free.

Things You'll Need

½-inch PVC pipe cut into six 5-inch sections and one 8-inch section
2 elbow-bend connectors
2 T-shaped connectors
2 end caps

Instructions

- 1
  Take the 8-inch PVC piece and attach it to one of the two horizontal ends of a T-shaped connector. Put 5-inch pieces on the other two ends of the T-shaped connector. Put a cap on the end of one of these 5-inch pieces.
- 2
  Now add another T-shaped connector to the uncapped 5-inch piece with the T part facing the opposite direction of the first (so it looks like an upside-down T).
- 3
  Insert a 5-inch piece into the other two openings of the connector.
- 4
  Add an elbow connector to both pieces of pipe you just put in. The elbow connector on the vertical pipe should be facing away from the 8-inch barrel piece. The elbow connector on the horizontal piece should face down.
- 5
  Add the remaining two 5-inch pieces in the elbow connectors and put a cap on the vertical one.
- 6
  Decorate your gun with permanent markers, stickers, tape or paint, if desired.
- 7
  To shoot the gun, put a marshmallow in the uncapped opening at the top of the gun (the barrel is the 8-inch piece), take a deep breath and then blow. The marshmallow will shoot out of the barrel. You can load 2 to 6 marshmallows at a time for a shot that spreads.

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