I wrote about potato guns in my after-Christmas post and got some questions. Potato guns are cheap, great fun, and I don't think could possibly hurt anyone.
A potato gun is entirely different from a potato cannon, pictured here, which fires a whole potato. There are several variations and instructions on how to build them all over the Internet. This is not what my husband and child were firing at each other.
Here's a picture of a potato gun, which costs about $2 and gives you 300 shots from one potato. 
Don't you love the graphics, which look like they're from the 1950s? This is not an ad. I'm just trying to be sure the world is well-armed with potato guns in case we find ourselves at war with the folks armed with potato cannons. They may be able to hit harder and possibly injure us, but we can get 300 shots to their one. You can get potato guns such as these through Amazon and World Wide Department Store. 
How funny, my girls are busy today making mini-marshmallow shooters for their cousins.
Posted by: kathy | December 27, 2007 at 10:26 AM
I had a spud gun as a kid.
But now Spud guns and cannons are banned from sale in Australia, and homemade versions are illegal.
Posted by: Angry | December 27, 2007 at 11:12 AM
I have a potato gun! It's called a Spud Shooter, and my husband and I were almost kicked out of Wal-Mart the day we bought it because we couldn't stop giggling, especially about that "potato not included" part on the back of the package. Tell Paul and Lily to enjoy!
Posted by: Nancy | December 27, 2007 at 04:49 PM
N and C loved their potato guns!!!
Posted by: lori | December 27, 2007 at 06:21 PM
my boys love marshmallow shooters. they would kill for spud shooters...well maybe not kill.
Posted by: zoe | December 29, 2007 at 09:45 PM