This idea is from a real life friend Rhonda that did this a few years ago with her son. She got the idea from Family Fun magazine, but I do not know which issue, sorry.
You will need a styrofoam meat tray (washed thoroughly), a flexible straw, tape, and a rubber band.
First draw an airplane-ish shape onto your tray and cut out. Between the wings and the tail, you will want to cut slanted lines, so you can bend the tail up on the sides. Then bend your flexible straw so the end touches the back at the straw and tape together. Now tape the straw to the bottom of the airplane, with the bended end at the nose of the plane.
To make the airplane fly, just put one end of the rubber band on the straw to catch the tip that has been taped back and the other end of the rubber band on your finger. Pull back and shoot.
This is a very fun and indoor friendly game. The styrofoam can go flying with very little harm, of course it all depends on how you cut your airplane out. This project is for a child that is school age. We tried it out with my son (preschooler) and he could do it, but got frustrated easily. I would recommend this for older ones. It was a ton of fun. I had a blast shooting it around. :-)
What is longest flight you have been on?
I bet your son loves this it looks so cool
ReplyDeleteI like this because it's one of the few "crafts" my husband will do. The longest flight I've been on was probably going from Boston to Hawaii (stopped in LA).
ReplyDeleteThis is great. I have 4 boys and they would play with these for hours. I love that it reuses the Styrofoam trays from the meat I buy. I always feel awful to throw them away. This will be awesome. I think my house will make these forever.
ReplyDeleteThe longest flight I have been on is to Australia. It's a 16 hour flight! We did stop in either Hawaii or New Zealand either way, but it's a long time to be stuck on a plane...though it was definitely worth it!
ReplyDeleteMy boys would love this!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! We did paper airplanes the other day and my 3 year old loved it! This might have to be our next thing to try, with a little supervision :-)
ReplyDeleteWow of course that rocks and the boys would love it. I'll have to show Rick :)
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