Starting 2020 with a GIANT FLAMING CROSSBOW!

We celebrated the New Year by firing a flaming arrow from a giant crossbow, bang on the stroke of midnight! And we set a new invention challenge!

We build kids' invention ideas. This month we’re asking kids’ for their ideas for Morning Machines - inventions to help you start your day! Kids can submit their crazy morning machines inventions as videos or drawings uploaded to our website:
https://www.kidsinventstuff.com

Closing date: 25th January 2020
We cant wait to see everyone's ideas!

You can sign up to our mailing list here:
http://eepurl.com/ggrcwf

A Massive THANK YOU to OKDo for supporting this challenge!
https://www.okdo.com/


We are very excited to be working with Create Education, if kids send in an entry to this challenge they can opt into our competition to win a 3D printer for them and/or their school! Terms and Conditions on our website.

Thanks to the IET for their ongoing support of our work:
https://www.theiet.org/


See Courtney’s Crossbow that fires a Zipwire that was featured in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQhVT2LShU


You can follow Ruth and Shawn on Instagram and Twitter:
Ruth
@ruthamos (on Twitter and Instagram)

Shawn
@shawnmakesthings (Instagram)
@shawnmakes (Twitter)


Watch some of our other projects:

Ahmed’s Farting Staircase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoAK5AYgbGw
Seren’s Water Firing Swing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtYr5M35svo

A GIANT Rube Goldberg Machine made out of 60 kids invention ideas:
https://youtu.be/X3vXwWfEfGM

Annabelle’s Sneeze Activate Flamethrower Helmet 
https://youtu.be/mk1UApitexs

Crazy Lego and Disco Jackets
https://youtu.be/z9IOT10kavs

Grace’s Edible Giant Cake Gravity Racer
https://youtu.be/5TcGMZwBG8Y

Daniel’s Drivable Treehouse
https://youtu.be/srlEXfW_Xpo

Zander’s Robot Shopping Trolley
https://youtu.be/4wjd9wZ3vS8

https://www.kidsinventstuff.com
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kidsinventstuff
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kidsinventstuff

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