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build your own glider kids craft

Build Your Own Glider

August 10, 2014 by Aysh Siddiqua

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My son build a Glider out of craft sticks, two bread bag tie-ups and wheels from an old toy. It was 100% his idea and I am so proud of him!

He came to me holding two sticks with a bread tie-up rolled in the middle and said, ‘Mom please I need hot glue. Can you stick these together?’

As always this was our 3-5 pm slot and luckily, the girls had just gone down for their nap. I pulled out my camera and followed him to see what he had in mind.

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He had:

6 Craft sticks (You can use plain Craft sticks or colored craft sticks)
Two bread bag tie- ups
A pair of wheels that he had pulled out from a broken wagon
A touch pin that had fallen off the noticeboard

craft sticks

He got me to glue the two sticks together and then stick on the wings.

for a stick aeroplane
You have to fold the tie-up a bit. We tried all sorts before this worked!
ice cream stick plane
Just stick the tie-up between sticks, one third of the way, on one end to look like this.

 

ice cream plane
Stick the wings.

The other tie up was curved on the ends and he wanted me to put the wheels in before sticking it to the underside.

bag tie ups plane
One end of the tie-up is stuck on the wing and the other end goes on to the body of the plane.
tiers on glider plane
The wheels will roll in between allowing the plane to slide.

Then came the hard work. He wanted to cut the sticks but they would with his scissors. I offered to cut them but no, this was his project. He did manage to saw it off with our scissors. We stuck it into an ‘X’. The touch pin was pressed into the front tip of the plane but the glue came loose so we stick it again together with the pin. A bit more glue on to the tip and we stuck the propellers.

pin propeller plane
That is not very clean but… will do!

He has a glider. He is proud. Me too.

aeroplane sticks
Crafts Stick Glider built by six year old!

My son had a lot of fun with it. Even if your child is too young for this, you can make it in a few minutes yourself and let them draw an airport around it or a runway… All kids love planes!

You can also tie it up and hang it for them. It is perfect to display too.

You can pin the steps together for reference here:

Ice cream stick Glider

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Category: Blog, Kids CraftsTag: Child's Play, For Kids, Junk Play, Kids Activities, STEM

About Aysh Siddiqua

Hi! I am Ayesha Siddiqua ~ founder of Jeddah Mom. I am an expat mom to three little blessings living as an expat in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. I am a college lecturer turned stay at home mom. I like to share my routines, schedules, kids activity and DIY ideas with you. Read more on Jeddah Mom.

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