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Build a paper airplane that flies the whole hallway

Three designs. Race them. Fold the winner ten times.

25 min ages 511

How to do it

Look up three different paper airplane designs together — the dart, the glider, the boomerang. Fold one of each. Mark a start line at one end of the hallway. Race them in turn. Talk about why the winner flew further. Fold the winning design ten more times, slightly differently each time. Best of those is the family champion.

What you'll need

  • Plain paper

    Free