Build your very own straw rocket! Great introduction to Newton's Laws of Motion and Rocketry. Using Newton's Laws of Motion you can vary the distance your straw rocket flies. Straw War Rules Choking Hazard. Not for small children. Do not run with anything in your mouth. Wear safety glasses. Adult supervision recommended. Below are just suggested rules. Change and modify as needed. Decide on a safe playing area. Set the boundaries of how far people can run, for example "we can't leave the backyard". Each team picks their team color. Youngest picks first. Objectives are not to get hit with straw darts, hit others with straw darts, and to be the last one left in the game. Everyone starts at the center of playing area. Oldest person yells "go" and counts to five loudly as everyone playing spreads out. At the count of five, people can start blowing their straw darts at each other. Getting hit by a dart that is thrown does not count. You are only allowed to use your own color darts. Hits made with the wrong color darts do not count. You may pick up and reuse your colored straw dart. Once you are hit three times, you are out of the game and must sit off to the side till the next game. Winner gets to yell go and count to five for the beginning of the next game. We made these rules up as we played and learned a few things as we did. 1. Do not run with a straw in your mouth - gagging is not fun 2. Safety glasses is a smart thing to be wearing. 3. This is actually a tough work out ;-)