How To Make a Flic-Flac

September 29th, 2006 · 20 Comments
Literacy · Science

Materials: stiff cardboard, elastic band, tooth pick, sticky tape, hole puncher

Steps: 1) Bend one piece of cardboard in half.

Step 1

2) Make holes in each end about 1 cm from the edge.

strp 2

3) Thread one end of the elastic band through one of the holes in the card.Break a matchstick in half and put one piece through the loop as shown.

step 3 step 4

4) Do the same for the other end of the elastic band and tape down the two match sticks.

step 5

5) ” Set” the flic flac by bending it inside out. Place it on a desk and hold it down with your finger.When you move your finger away from the flic flac it should jump into the air.

step 6

By Zayyan and Keanu

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20 responses so far ↓

1 Priestsic6 // Sep 29, 2006 at 6:14 pm

Thankyou for taking our comment into consideration - the explanation you have given are really clear and we can now follow these. We will post on our blog if we make some successful Flic-Flacs!
2 Andrew // Sep 29, 2006 at 8:44 pm

WOW priestic6 again, i hope you have fun making your Flic-Flacs because Flic-Flacs are great fun
3 Maisie & Alanya // Sep 29, 2006 at 9:50 pm

I think making flic-flacs will be really fun mr Barrett says we will make flic-flacs this aftrenoon. We all love the idea and think it will be great to see them jump up in the classroom.Thank you for giving us clear instructions and some small pictures.

Maisie & Alanya
xxx
4 Priestsic6 // Sep 29, 2006 at 11:38 pm

Hi Allstars - we had a crack at making the flic-flacs fly this afternoon. Take a look at our blog to see how we got on.
5 Priestsic6 » Flic-Flacs from the other side of the world! // Sep 29, 2006 at 11:46 pm

[...] We spotted a great little science activity on the 5/6P Allstars blog (from Sydney Australia) yesterday and asked for some clear instructions to help us try them out. They have written a great post with clear instructions and photographs to follow. We had some time to have a go and didn’t do too bad - we think we need to find some thicker card though! [...]
6 John F // Oct 1, 2006 at 9:45 pm

I think that the description was detailed to a extent so i bravo Keanu and Zayyan!!!
7 Andrew and Sasuke // Oct 2, 2006 at 9:47 am

I agree with John.F BRAVO KEANU AND ZAYYAN!!!, by da way i saw Priestsic6 again.
8 Nancy // Oct 2, 2006 at 7:04 pm

ANDREW!!!! STOP USING A FAKE ID >:(
9 ziyun // Oct 2, 2006 at 7:57 pm

ANDREW your name is not SASUKE!!!
10 mohammad // Oct 3, 2006 at 2:23 pm

yeh andrew!!!
11 Nancy // Oct 4, 2006 at 12:25 am

I have to agree with Ziyun.
Anyways, Priestic6 must have had a great time making fic-flacs.
I wonder how they know our weblog…..
12 shannon // Oct 4, 2006 at 9:44 pm

I think flik flacks ar realy cool I tried to make a flik flack an you never guss what it worked so youre instructions are absolutely fantastic.
13 abbi // Oct 4, 2006 at 9:48 pm

thank you for bearing our class comment in mind that was a really nice thing to do plus I really enjoyed making a flic-flak.
abbi from priestsic6
14 Andrew // Oct 6, 2006 at 1:47 pm

Sorry ppl
15 Andrew // Oct 6, 2006 at 1:48 pm

Sorry i wont do it again
16 brevigst997985 // Oct 7, 2006 at 8:02 am

were are making flic flacs too, and we are from brevig mission, alaska
17 Dora Olanna // Oct 7, 2006 at 8:13 am

what are flic flacs anyway??
18 Nancy // Oct 17, 2006 at 10:08 pm

they are somrthing you play around with.
Flic flacs is a folded cardboard with sticks going through hole an a rubber band.
sorry if this isnt clear but im in a hurry
bye now
19 Clement // Oct 18, 2006 at 8:41 pm

Were the flic-flacs fun to play with?
20 Mrs Dyer // Nov 9, 2006 at 3:57 pm

The explanation by Keanu and Zayan is very clear and is easy to follow. The flic flacs have been a successful way of demonstrating the concept of energy.