Rubber Band Guns

"Grandpa, make me a rubber band gun!" I used to hear, over and over till I would go out to the shed and cut a piece of wood and tape a clothespin to it. Years later when I got into the craft show bit (loved it!) I needed something cheap and something for boys. I thought of how my grandsons loved theirs, and how the grownups do too, & set my mind to making a "repeater" clothespin gun. I finally figured out how to do it (hey, that's easy!) and made up a bunch of 2 shot and 3 shot rubber band guns. I sold the 2 shot guns for $4 and the 3 shot guns for 5, then made some derringers with "toy" clothespins from Michael's (they really work, just small). The tiny derringers shoot a small rubber band, 2 shots, $5 each. They fit in a shirt pocket, really neat! Then I made some larger derringers with regular clothespins, 2 shot, at $5. I couldn't believe how good they sold! I had grown women buying them for the men in the office! The photo below won't show the "secret" to 2 and 3 shooters, they are pretty easy to make and a hot selling craft show item.

The square looking gun is the 2 and 3 shot design, you can tell which are the derringers by the shape of the handles.