You are going to play cowboys or scouts. Or maybe you want to arrange a competition in accuracy. Then you absolutely need a gun. If you don't have a toy weapon, you can make your own. As a result, you will have a shooting pistol that looks like a real weapon.
How to make a gun that shoots paper
Take thick paper or cardboard and fold it in half. On one half, close to the fold, apply the contours of the weapon according to the scheme. Carefully cut out the pattern.
Make a groove for the cartridge. To do this, cut the top of the barrel and fold the paper inward so that the barrel looks like the letter “M” in profile.
On the trunk, make a thin cut on each side and insert a thin elastic band there. This will be your trigger.
Color the gun however you like. The handle for roughening can be pasted over with a cloth.
Pull the elastic back and fasten to the gate. Put a ball rolled out of paper into the groove. Its radius should be slightly less than the depth of the gutter. Take the gun in your hands and slide the rubber band up with your thumb. The rubber band that comes off will hit the ball, and it will fly to the target.
How to make a gun at home using a bouncy ball
Take 2 cardboard tubes. One is longer (trunk), the other is shorter (handle). At the top of the “handle”, cut a recess in the shape of a semicircle so that you can smoothly connect it to the barrel. By changing the depth of the front and rear cutout, you can adjust the angle of the barrel to the handle. Fasten the pieces together using glue or tape.
Cut the balloon in half crosswise. The part with the inflation hole can be removed. Pull the other half onto the end of the barrel, closing the hole on the side of the handle, and secure. Please note that if you pull the rubber hard, it will be difficult to shoot.
Give the gun a realistic look by pasting it with paper, painting with paints and pencils.
To fire, raise the pistol upside down, place the cartridge, aim, pull the membrane of the ball with your fingers and release it sharply. As bullets, you can use rolled paper or plastic balls.
How to make a pistol out of wood
Take a piece of wood 20x12 cm, 2.5 cm thick. Draw the outline of the gun on the surface of the wood. It is best to use a template or dummy for this.
Cut out the piece of wood. To do this, you can use a band saw.
Using a grinder, round off the edges of the handle, barrel, trigger guard. At this stage, you need to be careful not to remove the excess.
The trigger is cut with a spiral saw, while the gun is clamped in a vise.
The recesses on the trunk are made with a cutter.
With a rasp, give the final shape to the trigger.
Notches on the trunk are cut with a rasp or grinder.
Smaller parts of the gun are cut with a chisel.
Finally, go over the gun with medium sandpaper, and then polish with zero.
How to make a gun at home from plywood
Transfer the image of the details to the plywood and cut them out.
Glue the right and left parts of the gun to the internal parts.
Place the trigger inside (D). Drill a hole as shown in the figure, insert a screw into it and secure with a nut. Attach the rubber band to the muzzle with studs.
The rubber clings to the trigger, the gun is loaded. After pressing the trigger, a shot is fired. As bullets, you can use pieces of plywood, buttons, or other small things.
How to make a gun out of paper
Fold a sheet of paper along the short side into a thin strip. This will be the trunk, so fold the paper as tightly as possible. When you have folded the sheet, fold it in half.
Take another landscape sheet and fold it in the same way as the first, but so that the workpiece is wider (handle). Fold it in half.
Expand the blanks. On the "handle" put the "barrel". Visually divide the wide part into 3 parts and alternately bend the extreme ones to the center. To obtain even folds, it is convenient to use a narrow part.
Fold the handle in half, bend the edges along the intended fold. Cut a small longitudinal hole at the base of the workpiece.
Take a landscape sheet and twist it (maybe not completely) along the long side (trigger). You need to bend the sheet as small as possible. Then fold the workpiece in half and insert it into the hole you just cut.
Slide the barrel blank into the "pockets" of the handle blank. Iron the folds again. Trim off the exposed edge of the trigger.
Bend the landscape sheet lengthwise, as described earlier. As a result, you should get a workpiece slightly wider than the handle. Seal the edge with tape. Make small cuts along the folds and put the workpiece on the handle, cut off the excess. Your pistol is now comfortable to hold.
Bend the landscape sheet across, as described earlier. As a result, you should get a blank approximately the width of the trunk. Bend it in half. Bend the upper corners of the ends of the workpiece inward, step back a few millimeters from the fold and cut. Place the blank on the back of the barrel. Tuck the cut folded edges behind the handle.
The gun is ready. Color it, giving the weapon a menacing look. Shoots a pistol with paper stars. Its power is enough to knock down an iron can at close range.
Video, make a gun out of paper
If you still have questions, or some point is not clear, watch the video on making a paper gun. True, it is in English, but everything is shown clearly and understandably without knowledge of foreign languages.
How to make a gun that shoots marshmallows
You can charge it with paper or shady balls, chewing gum, but then the accuracy and range of the shot are reduced.
You will need: a PVC pipe - 55 cm, a pair of corners, tees and PVC plugs; cutting tool.
Cut 5 tubes 7.5 cm long from the pipe. The length of the remaining segment should be 17.5 cm.
Assemble the gun according to the scheme.
All parts must fit snugly together.
Load your weapon with a marshmallow and blow sharply into the top tube. Shoots a pistol for several meters, But if the marshmallow is dried up, its accuracy is reduced.
How to make a homemade gun simulator
This gun not only looks intimidating. It can be used for training in rapid fire. But for its manufacture, you will need wooden and metal parts shown in the diagrams, and certain skills.
The pistol model consists of a wooden blank (the dimensions of the handle are adjusted according to the shooter's hand), a percussion trigger, a front sight and a rear sight with a slot.
Metal weights are inserted into the handle to balance and adjust the weight of the simulator. (Fig. 10). The length of the weights is 116 and 86 mm. Weights are fastened with screws with a diameter of 3 mm. The front sight and rear sight protrude 5-7 mm above the surface.
The gun is assembled in this order.
A starting spring is attached to plane B, located on the base of the mechanism (Fig. 4), (Fig. 6), it is made of steel grade 55, 65G, 70G. Then screw the trigger to plane B in such a way (Fig. 5) that, under the pressure of the spring, after pressing, it can easily return to its original position.
Insert and fasten the spring (Fig. 8) into the slot of the drummer (Fig. 7), it is made of carbon wire. Screw the striker with the spring to plane B so that it does not rotate freely.
Then screw the base to the body (Fig. 9) with two screws, adjust the hook between the trigger and the firing pin.
After pressing the trigger, it should hook on the drummer, and turn it until the drummer leaves the hook under the action of the spring and hits the body (imitation of a shot). When returning to its original position, the trigger presses up the drummer to engage with it. The engagement must be more than 1.2 mm. If engagement does not occur, cut off the tabs on the trigger and firing pin.
Fasten the trigger mechanism - fastened with 2 screws in the housing on the right.
The force from the descent can be adjusted by turning screw b (Fig. 1, 2, 13).
Remember, even a toy gun is a weapon. If you hit a person in the eye, you will most likely leave him crippled for life, and if you hit him in the face, you can cause serious injury. Therefore, never point the gun at animals or people. Avoid shooting at fragile unstable objects (glasses, utensils, etc...).
How to make a pistol out of wood you can find out not only out of love to shoot at those around you with bullets from rubber bands. In fact, boys are very fond of such truly masculine crafts as cars, soldiers. And in the process of sawing and bringing a wooden pistol to working condition, a small master, under strict guidance, will master all the main stages of implementation, see and learn how to handle complex tools used in woodworking.
How to make a pistol out of wood master class
There are several videos on the net about how to make a pistol out of wood. Master Class this one is quite complicated, so it will be simply impossible for the baby to cope alone, and even very dangerous. Think about what the main stages of the entire complex technological process are not entirely you can safely entrust to him. Maybe it will be grinding, maybe working with a chisel, or maybe tracing the contour of the future pistol will be sufficient participation.
When working with wood, you must follow the simplest safety rules. And this applies not only to children, but also to adults. Wear thick gloves, as wooden splinters are extremely unpleasant, they are difficult to remove, and the wound can bother you for a long time afterwards. In order to prevent this when working with an unpolished board, reliable protection of the skin of the hands is needed. The second obligatory moment is a protective mask or goggles. If splinters that get under the skin are unpleasant, then pieces of wood that get into the eyes can lead to very serious consequences. It is better to play it safe and buy each participant in the production of his own pair of goggles. At the same time, you will look like real professionals in this semi-game execution process.
The production of wooden pistols as a type of children's creativity already has a considerable history in the sense of the past years. What material will be as accessible and at the same time as easy to process, relative to metal or plastic? The boys, who always wanted and will want to repeat after adults, made pistols for themselves from plywood, from school rulers, from boards, carried their toys with them for street games in the war, took care of them. Previously, wooden and homemade toys were more likely to be associated with the low income of the family, which could not afford to buy beautiful plastic toys in the store. Today, when a huge number of plastic pistols are sold in the store, but no parent can be absolutely sure of the safety of both the material (toxic or not, what additives are present in the plastic) and the reliability of the design itself (brittleness of plastic, small parts). And wooden toys in our time are environmentally friendly, and, like everything environmentally friendly, they are fashionable and highly valued. Especially handmade ones.
Photo how to make a gun out of wood
Let us briefly review the main steps and photo how to make a gun out of wood. In fact, if your dad is not fond of locksmithing, then you probably won’t have the entire set of tools you need for either at home or in the country. Therefore, further we will also analyze simpler methods for the production of quite worthy combat units. By the way, a great compromise for dads is to take their son to a small locksmith shop, where they ask permission to make a toy with their son. At the same time, you will show your son what tools there are, and the time spent working together, as advertising teaches us, is simply priceless.
For crafts, we take a board that is not varnished and untreated with any chemical means. A thickness of 2-2.5 centimeters will be enough to create a high-quality pistol. On the Internet, find a picture of a life-size small pistol, print and cut out the blank. Attach to the board and carefully circle the outline. This is best done with a ballpoint pen or indelible fine marker, as the lines should not be smeared or erased in the future, which can lead to incorrect cutting. It is best to cut such a thick board with a band saw, which will help to form a smooth and neat edge. Using a grinder, process the barrel, handle, give them the necessary rounded shape. Clamp the semi-finished product in a vise and cut the trigger. For this it will be convenient to use a spiral saw. We make all the relief recesses with a cutter, bring the trigger to the ideal shape with a rasp. All small details, such as notches or a pattern on the handle, are cut with a chisel. The gun is almost ready, but its surface must be properly processed, because it is designed for delicate children's hands. The entire surface is carefully sanded. First, we go through with sandpaper, smoothing out the protrusions and irregularities, and with the help of zero paper we polish it completely.
The finished gun can be varnished, which is used specifically for working with wood, and you can also use paint for working with wood, it will create a protective film on the surface of the craft, which is necessary for its long and faithful service to its little owner. A little secret - before applying paint to the surface of a wooden toy, you need to treat it initially with a special primer. So the adhesion of paint and wood will be maximum and the risk of paint chipping during the game, and, therefore, further damage to wood, will be minimal.
How to make a pistol out of wood: ideas
A thick board allows us to make a pistol that is closest in shape to the present. If the whole complex technological process with an abundance of tools and stages scares you, then you can also find out how to make a pistol out of wood. Ideas in this case, emphasis will be placed on materials that are easier to handle.
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Gun- this is one of the favorite toys of children, but the problem is that most purchased toys - break after a very short time. Today, we want to show how to make a do-it-yourself pistol out of wood, which will be very difficult to break. It can be used not only as a toy, but also in martial arts training, because they often teach how to behave with dangerous people with a gun in their hands.
How to make a pistol at home?
To make a gun, we will have to work a lot on it, but we need very few materials. We only need a piece of wood, 20x12 centimeters in size, 2.5 centimeters thick, and do not forget about the layout that needs to be printed on a sheet of paper. Let's start making our gun!
1. First of all, the model of the gun needs to be transferred to the tree so that we can see further what needs to be cut and where.
2. When the layout is drawn, we see that the extra parts can be cut off. Using a jigsaw, cut them off.
3. In our case, an electric jigsaw was used, but you can even use a regular one.
5. After grinding, we clamp the gun into a tesk, and with the help of a spiral saw, we cut out a hole where the trigger should be.
7. Do not forget also to finally shape the trigger, for this you can use a rasp.
8. You can also make notches on the barrel, such as your own is on a real gun.
9. With a chisel we can cut out smaller details.
10. Finally, the entire gun needs to be sanded with fine sandpaper, and then polished with a zero.
How to make a gun yourself?
When we think about what a toy shooting gun should be like, we immediately imagine a large structure with a lot of details, complex mechanisms, and additional accessories. But in fact, you can make a gun that shoots from ordinary thick cardboard or a wooden panel. Don't believe? Then read and remember the instructions on how to do this.
How to make a pistol out of wood
- Prepare a wooden panel measuring 20x12 cm and 2.5 cm thick.
- Draw the outline of the gun on the surface, for which you can use an old plastic toy or paper template.
- Cut out the drawn outline with a band saw.
- Round the edges of the trigger guard, grip, barrel with a grinder (be careful not to remove too much!).
- Cut the trigger with a spiral saw (be sure to clamp the gun in a vise so as not to get injured).
- Make indentations in the trigger area with a cutter.
- Give the final shape to the trigger with a rasp.
- Saw out notches on the barrel with a grinder, then continue to cut with a chisel.
- Clean off all the errors with sandpaper.
Now we have to design a firing mechanism. Making your own shooting gun is quite difficult. For everything to work out correctly, you need to use the step-by-step instructions.
Thus, at home, you can make a gun that will also shoot. Let's try to make a training shot. We take the gun in the right hand. Push the sear up with your thumb - it moves the piston along the barrel. Thus, a rubber band is fired from a wooden pistol.
If the description is not enough for you, then you can watch the video on this page on how to make a gun.
Consider also another way to make a shooting pistol.
How to make a gun out of paper
At home, it is not always possible to use the tools with which we designed a pistol made of wood. But it can also be made from cardboard.
Barrel manufacturing
Fold the A4 cardboard sheet several times until you get a thin strip in the form of a long rectangle - this will be the trunk. 
Handle manufacturing
Fold the A4 cardboard sheet several times in the form of a thick strip - this will be the handle.
Now we unfold both blanks, put the barrel on the handle, bending the edges slightly towards the center. The handle must be folded in half and a longitudinal hole cut at the base.
Trigger making
Twist a sheet of cardboard along the long side. Fold the sheet into small pieces, and then in half. Insert the workpiece into the hole cut on the handle.
How to make a firing mechanism
Cut the trunk on the sides on both sides. Cut an elastic band from an unnecessary tire and insert it into the resulting slots.
Now you can shoot paper from our pistol. How? We put a crumpled paper ball in the groove, remove the elastic with your thumb and release. It shrinks and shoots out a paper ball.
With the help of a cardboard gun made at home, even a tin can can be knocked down at close range. Therefore, you must use it very carefully and do not shoot in the direction of people and animals!
How to make a pistol out of plywood
To complete the picture, let's look at how to make a gun at home from plywood. To do this, we need to do the following:
A shot from a plywood pistol is made as follows: the trigger is pressed, the rubber clings to it and a shot occurs. Ordinary small buttons can be used as bullets.
If you are going to the country or going on a trip, it is not always possible to buy a toy weapon for your baby. However, paper is often at hand, and you can make a gun yourself, using the tips from our article. In this short tutorial article, we will answer the question of how to make a gun out of paper.
Even a child of primary school age can handle making a paper pistol. You can choose an interesting option from several methods proposed in this article. Videos and photos will help you in the implementation of the project.
Paper gun in origami style
Required materials
Glue and tape for such a simple craft will not be needed, you only need to take paper and pencils / felt-tip pens for coloring it. Origami is an exciting pastime that helps develop fine motor skills and attentiveness, but you need to carefully understand the technique by following the step-by-step instructions.
Try to make a paper gun with your child - we are sure you will enjoy the process very much.
Step-by-step instruction
How to make a gun out of paper? First, cut out a square from an A4 landscape sheet, then fold it in half. Gently iron the fold line in the middle, unfold, tear off 1 part. Fold it in half, then in half again. Then fold the leaf across. Set it aside and take the next one.
Fold one edge inward, now you can fold this sheet in half twice, as with the previous one. Fold it in half again.
Fold the 2 parts together, attach them to each other with single sides, bend the top under the bottom to get a bend. Bend the strip along the line, turn the figure over, do the same with the 2nd strip, you get the letter "G".
Unfold the product, fold it in half again. Gently thread the 2nd part into the resulting holes, do this carefully so that the paper does not tear. The gun is ready.
Consider another way to make toy weapons. Take 2 sheets of paper. Fold the 1st sheet in half lengthwise, then again. Fold it in half, smooth the fold line so that it is clearly drawn. Expand, bend to the middle of the edge. Please note that the distances from the bend line in the middle to the corners along the edges are equal.
Fold the product in half, along the fold line that you marked. This part will be the handle.
Roll the 2nd sheet of paper into a tube. Pass the tube into the handle, having previously folded it in half. You will get a double-barreled pistol.
Required materials
You will need a sheet of thin cardboard, tape, scissors, an elastic band and drafts for making bullets.
A thin writing paper model will be very soft, it will quickly deform when the elastic is compressed, it will quickly become unusable, therefore it is recommended to use thin cardboard or thick paper designed for.
Step-by-step instruction
How to make a gun out of paper that shoots? Sheet A4 must be folded into 2 identical parts, cut along the fold line. Both halves need to be folded horizontally, you get rectangles in which one side will be much narrower than the second.
Now you should unfold the sheet. Press the edges to the fold, fold it in the center, getting a narrow strip of 4 layers of paper. On the 2nd half of the paper, it is necessary to vertically bend it in the center, and bend the corners of the rectangle at a right angle. The edges of the product must be bent inward to make an angle of less than 90 degrees.
To make a handle, the resulting triangle should be folded in half, and then folded to form an L-shaped blank. Fold 2 parts to make an obtuse angle: slightly expand the handle, thread the paper through the resulting holes. Fasten the model with paper clips, pull the tongue at the bottom to make a trigger.
Cut a triangle above the handle to match the groove on the top of the barrel. On the front of the trunk, a notch is needed for the elastic band. Stretch the elastic so that it covers the entire model - from the front of the barrel to the handle.
A bullet can be made from a ball of paper, making shooting a safe activity: glass and fragile objects will not be damaged, and there will be no bruising from such shooting. When you pull the trigger, the rubber band will release and the gun will go into action, hitting the ball of crumpled paper.
You can modify the product to make it seem more realistic - decorate with drawings or applications, as your fantasy tells you.
Volumetric model of a paper pistol
Required materials
You need to take several sheets of A4 paper, adhesive tape, a pencil, 1 stationery gum, a ballpoint pen (thick).
Step-by-step instruction
To make a barrel, put a ballpoint pen on an A4 piece of paper, wrap it around to make a tube. Push the pen out by pushing it out of the tube with the pencil. Glue the ends of the product with adhesive tape.
To make a smaller diameter piston than the barrel, put a pencil on a sheet, twist it into a tube, sealing the ends with tape. Take the pencil out of the tube.
Cut the piston a little so that it is a little more than 1/2 of the barrel, seal the edges with tape. Glue a rubber band to the edge of the tube.
To make a handle, wrap the handle with paper to make a tube, remove it by prying it with a pencil, loosen it so that the diameter is larger. Seal the edges with tape and fold the handle in half.
Insert the barrel into the handle. Make sure that she does not bend the trunk, seal 2 parts of the product with adhesive tape. Glue the edges with tape.
To make a sight, make a paper tube using a pencil, securing the edges with tape. Cut 2 pieces of tubule, cut the rest in half.
Glue the first 2 pieces with adhesive tape to the 1st part, the sight to the gun. Insert the piston into the barrel, put the rubber band on the handle. From the tubes that are left, make cartridges by cutting them into small pieces so that they pass into the barrel, or take paper, crushing it into lumps. To increase the power of the shot, take not 1 elastic band, but 2 or more. The gun is ready.
- The more realistic the model, the more time-consuming work ahead, it will require patience, accuracy and time from you. Often, parents try so that the copies are 1: 1 scale, like works of art, they are not suitable for playing with children.
- For the manufacture of crafts, it is recommended to use thick drawing paper or thin cardboard (in all versions, except for origami, it is better to use office paper for this technique).
- When working, carefully iron the folds and follow the markings.
- Details and color design should be given enough time. An ordinary pistol made using the origami technique will look more spectacular when it has inscriptions on it.
- If you are making a pistol from a template, print it on thick paper, fold the sheet in half and cut the model along the contour.
Conclusion
In the article, we tried to describe how you can make a pistol from improvised materials at home. We hope you found it useful.
Create and play with your kids!