Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction: Build Implements of Spitball Warfare (1) Paperback – October 1, 2009

This book is so much fun! It has great, easy to understand, clear graphics and diagrams. It's not pretentious or verbose; it gets right to the point of making stuff with easily accessible office supplies. I got this as present for my son, but we're using this book this year in two of my summer camps with kids! Most of the supplies can be purchased from the dollar tree, but because he doesn't use glue that often, you can feel a little better using the stuff you have around the house and dissembling it after you're done with say, your pencil cross bow. :) Warning, the fun is addictive and you may find yourself buying office supplies just to make all the weapons in this book.

Such a great book. For Christmas we purchased this book for my son, and we included a box full of all the ingredients the book listed for making the different projects. (Most of which we were able to buy at the dollar store) Hours and hours of creative fun. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. The supplies required are easy to acquire. The projects are fun to play with when they are completed. I highly recommend this book for any boy or girl in your life who likes to tinker.

I spent hours, days even checking this thing out.Buy this for your child.

Very enjoyable. If you have a young one with an overactive imagination who likes to make things.... that blow up, then this is a great book. As long as you don't get all up tight with the word "weapon" in the title, this book can be loads of fun. We got it for our 10 year old son and he dove right into it. I would highly recommend this for those with active kids who like to create.... and are making weapons anyway out of anything they can find. Nice book!

This is pretty much a must-have for most boys. My nine year old giggles with delight at his creations. He builds great little weapons with his friends and loves that he can find the materials he needs around the house by himself. This book has allowed him to create things he has always wanted to make - it is easy to follow and great fun. The directions are clear and the needed materials are everyday household items, such as plastic spoons, lighters, cloths pins, and rubber bands. I would highly recommend this little gem of destruction!! :)

I got this for my son's birthday and he and his cousins (9 and 12) just flipped over it. We got extra supplies at the store for the projects and let them go to town. They were entertained for HOURS, and made just about every project in the book (without help I might add, so it's really something kids can do). They just loved it. If you read the descriptions in the book they are all very tongue-in-cheek, it's clearly meant for silly harmless fun. I've seen these projects made at our school for science projects and even sold at school fairs. My son and my nephews just loved it, we are looking forward to the next book coming out in the fall.

I first thought of getting this book when my 3 yr old showed an intrest in catapults. We made a few from the book and launced a seige on his tiny tikes castle with gold fish crackers as ammo. Later, he tried catching the crackers in his mouth as I sent them down range!In the future, I see these projects as a source of educational physics experiments as well as something to fill up time on a rainy day. The projects are clearly illustrated and the ones I tried meet expectations, so this book delivers everything it promises, and is a while lot of fun too!

Get ready to destroy a lot of stuff. I got this book to not only share with my dad and guy friends but also to use the less dangerous options (not easily constructed by a kid by themselves ) for my classroom. Challenging the kids to build them and then having the catapults compete was a huge hit, even the parents got in on it and built their own to complete. A trip to Walmart (or your desk drawer) will have you building most of the book in a heartbeat.By no means are any of these safe for a kid under 12 that hasnt been schooled in safety (such as working in a woodshop, shooting skeet, archery) your main safety warning are going to be "DONT POINT THAT AT SOMEONE OR YOURSELF EVER" and "WEAR GOGGLES" for when they inevitably point them at eachother and themselves.You will not be disappointed, and makes a great "bonding" book for dads and daughters and dads and sons.The possibilities are endless, our living room was a Christmas warzone with all other presents ignored. If giving as a gift you may want to prepurchase all the building goodies. Its hard to wait to build things once you buy the book.