dropping a barbie with a homemade parachute.?

Question

how do i make a parachute?
it can't be made out of a bag.
do you have any ideas....
please list websites too.
i can't figure out any other options.

Answer 1

Once, I had a job doing science demonstrations for schools and stuff. We did the egg drop activity. It usually ended up in a lot of mess. Most kids tried to just wrap the egg in enough stuff to absorb the impact.

One kid had a super simple design. He took two pieces of paper and taped them together length wise. The paper is 8½ x 11 inches. The paper taped together ended up 8½ x 22 inches. He then cut slits in the middle of the paper. These did not extend all of the way to the edges. Probably stopped within an inch or so of the edge. The slits were done on the 8½ direction of the paper. He placed these about an inch or so apart from each other. In our demonstration, we did not have string (just to make it harder for the kids). He used folded tape instead of string. I would advice using string. connect the string at the 4 corners of the paper using staples. Bring the ends of the strings down about 2 feet or so and connect to the barbie. When she is dropped the paper will act like a parachute. The slits in the paper allow air to flow thru it and not just under it. This helps keep this parachute from drifting. The kid who made this was able to keep his egg from cracking. It would make more sense if I could show you what he made.

Answer 2

a square of paper or nylon or silk

tie the ties to the corners

(put some creases in)

where you never a child? lol