The kids were having problems with pulling the arrow back and letting it sit right so Justin put a rest on the bows, like a real bow. That is what the black electrical tape is. He used a picture hanging piece, shortened it, and bent it to work.
For the arrows, we used the 1/2 inch wood dowel and cut it to 24 inches. A notch was put on one side so it would rest on the string nicely, a saw was used for this.
I then used scrap fabric from making pillowcases (I will post about that) and used stuffing from an old pillow to make the "arrows" soft tipped. Our arrows are painted at the end because we made several of them for our kids and the cousins and we did not want then to fight over the arrows. This way each had their own color so there was no fighting.
To personalize the bows we let each kid decide the colors they wanted to spray paint it. Here is one:
This bow and arrow for a couple dollars has resulted in endless fun for the kids. Very quick and easy to make.
Have fun!
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