Papercopter

With some strips of paper and a few paper clips, you can create a mini papercopter that spins like a real helicopter.

What You'll Need:

  • Strips of heavy paper or cardboard (1X10 inches)
  • Small paper clips
  • Markers or crayons

Watch your papercopter spin through the air.
Watch your papercopter spin through the air.

How to Make Papercopter:

Step 1: Fold a 1X10-inch strip of paper in half. Fold the ends down about two inches, but don't fold them straight down. Instead, fold them at a slight angle.

Place a paper clip onto the bottom of your folded papercopter.
Place a paper clip on the bottom
of your folded papercopter.

Step 2: Push a paper clip onto the bottom, and fold the wings out. Decorate your papercopter with markers or crayons. Holding your papercopter by the paper clip, throw it into the air and watch it spin.

Papercopter Ponderings

Try some experimentation. What happens if you add more paper clips to the bottom? Or if you use a longer strip of paper to make your papercopter? Or if you fold the wings at more (or less) of an angle?

Keep reading to learn how to make a twirling helicopter.

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