How to Make Mousetrap Vehicles

Making a Mousetrap Vehicle

• 1

  Attach two eye screws to each short end of the mousetrap. Measure to ensure that the eye screws line up before screwing them into the mousetrap.

• 2

  Slide your empty pen tubes through the eye screws to create the axles of your car.

• 3

  Slide the rubber washers onto the axles, placing them just outside the eye screws, so the axles stay in place.

• 4

  Wrap tape around each end of each axle until they fit snuggly through your CDs. Use super glue to hold the wheels in place on top of the tape.

• 5

  Tie one end of your string to the part of the mousetrap that snaps closed. Set the mousetrap.

• 6

  Wrap the other end of the string around the back axle between the two eye screws.

• 7

  Spring the mousetrap when you are ready for the car to go.