I Built A Toy Trebuchet (What Lockdowns Drive An Uncle To Do)

As an curious and ODDUNCLE I made this video along with the others to expose my nieces and nephews to basic fundamentals and principles. It is important to recognize and cultivate truth, goodness and beauty during life, and I hope to expose these special children to such ideals while beneficially learning them myself. To that end I attempt make videos to explore and loosely tie together something from the bible and the scientific realm while closing off with something inspirational or beautiful. In this video I construct a cork throwing trebuchet similar to one I had earlier used to demonstrate a first class lever. It is made mostly of wooden paint stir sticks and held together with hot glue as well as the occasional zip tie. The grand total cost of this build was less than two dollars and a headache from trying to record myself.
Words of Caution***
The purpose of these videos is to expose my nieces and nephews to concepts and how they may work in the real world. I am not a teacher or instructor of any sort. Some of the experiments, activities and demonstrations in this or other videos are certainly dangerous and shouldn't be done at home. Any instructions given are for entertainment, clarification, or if the viewer is so inclined education. They are not meant as instructions for the viewer to go about doing the same or similar dangerous and risky activities.