Take Your Kids to Flight School With This Fun Paper Plane Game
This craft project is perfect for kids — just fold, and let your imagination fly.
Get ready for some all-ages play with this DIY target game: Cut holes in a piece of poster board and assign a point value to each. Prop up with bookends, then send paper airplanes soaring! For aerodynamic planes, try our foolproof folding method below, as perfected by GH Institute engineers.
Step 1
Crease letter-size paper the long way, then fold top corners into center seam.
Step 2
Lower point to about 1 inch above bottom edge.
Step 3
Repeat step 1, then lift small triangle under folds so it points up.
Step 4
Uncurl a paper clip, leaving a hook on one end. Glue or tape it to center seam so hook hangs.
Step 5
Fold both wings down so top edges line up with bottom. Loop a rubber band around end of paper clip to launch.
Let it fly!
This story originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of Good Housekeeping.
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