activities

Straw Plane Variations

We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post. Please see policies for more information.

Straw planes made with different shapes. So easy to make out of a straw, paper and tape!

The straw plane has been one of our (and your) favorite activities. Have you tried changing up the shapes yet? It’s a fun way to experiment and they still fly!

We started with strips of 1″ x 6″ paper (a bit heavier paper like cardstock), straws and tape.

Straw planes made with different shapes. So easy to make out of a straw, paper and tape!

For the back shape, tape 2 strips of paper together to make it longer.

Straw planes made with different shapes. So easy to make out of a straw, paper and tape!

Create your back shapes and secure with tape on the ends.

Straw planes made with different shapes. So easy to make out of a straw, paper and tape!

Do the same with the front shapes only with 1 strip of paper.

Straw planes made with different shapes. So easy to make out of a straw, paper and tape!

Tape a large shape to one end of a straw and a small shape to the other end.

Straw planes made with different shapes. So easy to make out of a straw, paper and tape!

You can mix up shapes too!

Straw planes made with different shapes. So easy to make out of a straw, paper and tape!

Just make sure the weight is evenly distributed and adjust if needed!

Straw planes made with different shapes. So easy to make out of a straw, paper and tape!

Welcome to the third week of Summer Camp Matherial Themed Weeks! This week is straw week where we’ll share an activity using paper plates each day. If you have an activitiy please share it here or on our Facebook page! We’ll try and do a round up at the end of each week.

(Visited 572 times, 29 visits today)

Allison Waken is a wife, mom of boys and Phoenix, AZ native. She has been creating inspiring content for All for the Boys since 2011. Allison loves travel, movies and spending as much time as possible with her family while she can!

2 Comments

Write A Comment