Making paper planes can be one of the cheapest activities for entertaining the kids. Suitable for both outdoor play and supervised indoor play, it can be a great wet weather activity or simply a fun way to spend time getting creative.
Generally all you need is some sheets of paper and away you go. Below are a list of paper plane making websites and resources to provide hours of fun.
Playing with paper planes is a creative and fun activity but pointy tips can be dangerous. Never throw planes into people’s faces.
Best Websites for DIY Paper Planes
Fold ‘N Fly
As far as paper planes go, the Fold ‘N Fly website is a goodie. It has simple instructions and a variety of planes to keep you entertained for hours. What’s even cooler is you can even design your very own ‘Pilot’s Licence.’
Awesome tips and tricks are included to help beginners achieve the fastest, highest, longest flying paper plane. You can even sort the designs by type, difficulty and whether they require scissors or not!
Alex’s Paper Planes
Alex’s Paper Planes goes beyond the simple paper plane designs, with a variety of other flying paper shapes as well. While also offering tutorial videos for each plane and object design, they are created on any suitable paper you have on hand, which gives you a bit of extra creative flexibility using different colours or paper types.
Paper Planes HQ
Paper Planes HQ offers 5 alternate versions of each of their 10 main plane styles. Included is both an instructional video, as well as step by step instructions with images so you can have the best of both worlds.
Amazing Paper Airplanes
Explore Amazing Paper Airplanes to discover some new and interesting designs. Not just content with your standard paper planes, on this site you can find WWII Airplanes, Fighter Jets, Bomber Planes and more.
Origami Way
Practice your folding skills by selecting one of the many paper planes on offer at Origami Way. Graded due to difficulty, airtime, speed, distance and stunts, it is easy to find the perfect plane. They even have cool names to match such as pet dragon, star crusher, spy plane, and swashbuckler.
Paper Plane Activities
If you are looking to extend your paper plane activity then here are some fun ways to go that little bit further:
- Use different colour paper or types of paper to make the planes
- Decorate your plane once you have made it
- Hold a variety of contests (fastest, furtherest, best trick etc)
- Experiment with using different hands to throw your plane, or doing it blind-folded
- Guess which plane will go the furthest – were you right?
- Launch your plane from different places – near an open window, under a fan, on a step, outdoors, and see which location is best
More Aeroplane Fun with Kids
After you have finished making paper planes, why not take the kids out to see the real thing – aeroplanes that is! Plane Spotting in Brisbane is a fun way to spend some time outdoors, and the best part – it is a free activity that can be enjoyed by all members of the family.
And if that wasn’t enough to satisfy your plane enthusiast, try some of these other transport related attractions in and around Brisbane.
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