Blogger / 8 June, 2026 / Nanny Anita

Magnetic Tile Catapult

One toy I think is great for children of all ages (and adults) are magnetic blocks and tiles.  I have been using them with NC since she turned one, and now she is beginning to play with them more and more.  This week I decided to make a magnetic tile catapult to play with.

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To make your own magnetic tile catapult you will need:

• 6 square tiles with holes in (circular holes work best)
• 10 square tiles to make the rest of the catapult structure
• 3 square tiles to make the rest for the catapult to sit on
• A mini rolling pin
• Elastic band/hair tie
• Spoon
• More tiles to make up the targets
• Balls/pom poms

To make the catapult structure you need two 2 storey triangular towers.  The tiles with the holes in need to go on the top storey.

Then make a rest for the catapult to sit in, use 3 square tiles to make a prism shape.  Attach the spoon to the mini rolling pin using the elastic band.  Next put the two ends of the rolling pin into the tiles with the holes in, with the spoon resting on the prism shape you made.

There are many ways that you can now use your catapult.  Here are three of the ways I used it:

First Idea

I used all the other tiles with holes in to create a floor target (sorry cant think of a better word to describe it) with some larger tiles around them to stop the pom poms going to far.  The idea was to fill all the holes with a pom pom.

Second Idea

Similar to the first idea, but rather than it being horizontal it is vertical.  For this one I used the portal squares from Connetix Tiles.  That way every time I got the pom pom to go through one of the holes I could close it up with a square that fit inside of it.

Third Idea

This time we created targets to knock over.  It was quite tricky to do this with pom poms, so I recommend using small balls that you may have.  I used wooden balls by Connecticut Tiles.

NC did enjoy playing with this, but not as much as I did.  She kept coming over to have a go and then return to playing with her own tiles.

If you enjoyed this magnetic tile catapult, be sure to check out my human Pac-Man game, and paper plane launcher.

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