My Catapult

The Catapult I've made is from 5 major components which are:

• A Mouse trap
• Duck tape 
• A short plastic spoon (1/2' inch removed from the bottom) 
• Paperclips
• A ping pong paddle holder    

First, I connected the mouse trap to the bottom of the ping pong paddle holder with duck tape to raise my catapult up 3 inches. Second, I ducked taped a short plastic spoon (to keep it from moving while shooting my catapult) to the end of the clamp that swings forward on the mouse trap, to hold a ping pong ball.  Third, I connected with duck tape, a paperclip shaped like a U and wrapped with duck tape to the end of the plastic spoon to give the ball more of a curve and a higher displacement in X when fired.