Airplane Crafts
Toilet Paper Roll Airplane
Kids love toilet paper roll crafts. They are usually simple and versatile.
Instruct your kids to paint or color the paper roll. For smaller
planes, use a toilet paper roll or cut a paper towel roll in half. For
larger planes, use the entire paper towel roll. Remind the kids that
too much paint will make the paper roll soggy so only use a little bit
of paint. After the paint dries, glue the tubes together so that one is
perpendicular to the other. Then, split the tail end with a pair of scissors. Add a strip of paper through the slit. You might
have to glue or paper clip the strip of paper in so that it stays in
place while in flight. If weather permits, take the kids outside to
enjoy their planes.
Laundry Pin Airplane
Use wooden laundry pins and
tongue depressors to make this cute wooden airplane. Allow the children
to paint the wooden pins and depressors in whatever colors they like.
After the paint dries, glue the pieces together. Cut tail spikes out of craft foam and let the children paint them to
match their planes.
Play-Doh Planes
Get out the Play-Doh and allow the kids to craft their own planes.
They can mold and shape small planes, large planes, various shaped
planes, and unusual planes. Don’t expect aerodynamically correct
planes. Allow the kids to use their imaginations and create whatever
sort of plane they want. The purpose of this activity is to exercise
fine motor skills as they
work.
Field Trip: Air Show
If possible, schedule a field trip to an air show. The kids can see
the planes in motion. They might even get a chance to climb on-board a
grounded plane and learn about the inside and how pilots fly planes.
Read Books about Planes
This one should have been at the top of the list! Read, read, read.
Go to the library, download books on your eReader devices, iPads, etc.
Find all the books you can find about airplanes and read them with your
kids.
Airplane Snack
Obtain the old fashioned pre-wrapped Smarties candies, sticks of gum, Life Savers or any kind of mint with a hole in the middle, and a
rubber-band. Glue the gum stick onto the Smarties candy so that the two
snacks are perpendicular to one another. Then run the rubber band
through the Life Saver holes and wrap them around the candy. Secure the Life Saver wheels in place by hooking the
rubber-band around the ends of the gum-stick.
Just Draw
Give the children crayons, pencils, colored pencils, pens, and a lot
of paper. Allow the children to draw planes. Allow them to use their
imaginations and draw, draw, draw.
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