These clothespin airplanes are adorable. Seriously, they make me smile. I love how simple they are to make and how they actually look like airplanes. From just popsicle sticks and clothespins!? My husband said I should hang the airplanes from fishing line and make a mobile. I didn't... but that would be a super cute idea too! My 3 year old little guy took a clothespin airplane in each hand and was running down the hall with the planes in the air making airplane noises. Then he ran over to me, climbed onto my lap and he asked, 'Mommy, did you
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The humble popsicle stick is ready to shine with these super cool craft projects.
These clothespin airplanes are adorable. Seriously, they make me smile. I love how simple they are to make and how they actually look like airplanes. From just popsicle sticks and clothespins!? My husband said I should hang the airplanes from fishing line and make a mobile. I didn't... but that would be a super cute idea too! My 3 year old little guy took a clothespin airplane in each hand and was running down the hall with the planes in the air making airplane noises. Then he ran over to me, climbed onto my lap and he asked, 'Mommy, did you
Learn how to build a wooden airplane with just clothespins and popsicle sticks! Clothespin airplanes are a fun engineering challenge for kids!
These Clothespin Airplanes are a fun craft project for the kids! I used them as party favors for my son's Airplane Birthday Party!
Learn how to build a wooden airplane with just clothespins and popsicle sticks! Clothespin airplanes are a fun engineering challenge for kids!
Learn how to build a wooden airplane with just clothespins and popsicle sticks! Clothespin airplanes are a fun engineering challenge for kids!
This craft is very popular and I would like to be able to send the plans for this to your email as a PDF. If you want a copy of the plans for both of these aircraft please email: kenneth_vanpelt AT comcast.net This offer is valid as of 2016. I am charging a nominal fee to help with the purchase of more craft sticks. If you use paypal to send me $6.00 I will send you a PDF or power-point that shows detailed instructions with all measurements and materials list for the WWI aircraft below. Ready for action. The planes are made from clothespins. Two different styles - square pin and round. Wings are made from large flat Popsicle sticks cut to pattern. Machine-guns are from dowel. Pilot is a plastic bead glued to a card-stock hole-punch. Decals are made from mailing label and some art copied off of the internet. All aircraft were glued together quickly with a hot glue gun and the whole batch was built at one sitting. My flying rules are in the image and you can see the simplicity of the game if you enlarge. Enjoy.
Learn how to build a wooden airplane with just clothespins and popsicle sticks! Clothespin airplanes are a fun engineering challenge for kids!
These airplanes have been made by children from The Group for Kid’s Theater “Camel”. The Group for Kid’s Theater “Camel” was established by a group of professionals who make performances with puppets
These clothespin airplanes are adorable. Seriously, they make me smile. I love how simple they are to make and how they actually look like airplanes. From just popsicle sticks and clothespins!? My husband said I should hang the airplanes from fishing line and make a mobile. I didn't... but that would be a super cute idea too! My 3 year old little guy took a clothespin airplane in each hand and was running down the hall with the planes in the air making airplane noises. Then he ran over to me, climbed onto my lap and he asked, 'Mommy, did you
Turn some old clothespins and craft sticks into a clothespin airplane for your little aviators to play with at home or to take out and about.
Easy airplane craft for toddlers or preschool.
Today marks the first day of Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood's SCREEN-FREE WEEK. "On April 29 - May 5, people around the country (and world!) will turn OFF TV, video and mobile games, and other screens they use for entertainment, and turn ON the world around them!" At Naiya's Waldorf school (where many families are already screen-free all year) I'm once again helping to organize some little activities and offerings in the Early Childhood classes to coincide with this national week of recognition. I thought I'd share our goings on here each day as we offer up crafts, storytelling suggestions, play ideas and more. (this is last year's hallway display but this year's is basically the same :) Today in the hall under our display we're offering little kits to make... Clothespin Airplanes We will build a plane and soar Over woodland, sea and shore Over woodland, sea and shore And fly back to you once more Simple crafts are a great alternative to screen time and offer a wonderful opportunity for parents and children to learn something new and create something together. This super simple clothespin and popsicle stick airplane can be made by parents or children and then decorated in myriad colors and patterns with crayons, paint, colored pencils, pens or even strips of tape. Try personalizing each plane with a child’s name or attaching a magnet to the bottom and use it as a handy refrigerator magnet clip! In addition to a clothespin, two large and one small popsicle stick, you will need some kind of glue. Craft glue, white glue or even hot glue all work fine. There’s not much to it really. About a half an inch behind the nose (the clipping end of the clothespin) glue one of the larger popsicle sticks to the top of the pin then glue the other directly underneath it on the opposite side. Glue the tail piece about a quarter inch from the tail end of the clip and you’ve got yourself an airplane! After your plane has dried, decorate or embellish in any way you choose. For lots of other craft ideas for you and your children check out the many ideas under the "crafty craft" label. Enjoy!
These Clothespin Airplanes are a fun craft project for the kids! I used them as party favors for my son's Airplane Birthday Party!
This clothespin airplane craft is such a fun activity for kids. It encourages creativity in design and critical thinking in pulling the pieces together.
This Valentines Day, boys are in the majority for us. We have 5 Grandsons; but only one little grand-daughter … all of whom I like to mail Valentines to. On top of that, we are having a Valentine party on Friday which will include 7 boys (My little Grandson Winston included), and no girls (not counting the Mama's and Grandma's of course). All this has had me on the hunt for Valentine ideas for boys. I was inspired by several pins on Pinterest that I found, and played a little with clothespins and wooden ice-cream sticks to make these Clothespin Airplane party favors. They came out pretty cute, so, of course I wanted to share them with you. Materials: Wooden Clothespins Mini popsicle sticks for the tail wing and rudder (you will cut both ends off some of your mini popsicle sticks, for a tail rudder for each plane) Medium/small ice cream sticks or medium sized popsicle sticks (I used the ice cream sticks) for the wings Hot glue gun and glue sticks Magnets Spray paint and/or craft paint Steps: Drop a dab of hot glue on the top of a clothes pin. 2. Place an ice-cream stick on top of the glue to create a top wing; press together firmly. 3. Place another dab of glue on the bottom side of the clothespin under and parallel to the first. 4. Place a dab of glue on the tail and glue a mini popsicle stick for the tail. 5. Cut the ends of some of the mini popsicle sticks for tail rudders. Steve cut these for me with a hacksaw. He put 5 together at a time, and put them in a vice and sawed them off (another alternative: use pliers to hold them and then saw them one at a time). 6. Put a dab of hot glue on the bottom of the tail rudder piece. 7. Glue the rudder to the tail. Nows its time for the paint... but I will say that, these are so cute even without the paint, that you could leave them natural, and they would be awesome. 8. Create a protected environment to spray paint…. 9. Place a stick in the mouth of the clothespin to give yourself a handle while painting. 10. Spray paint both sides of the plane (or paint with acrylic craft paint and a brush, and let the kids paint them.) Decorate with an alternate paint color if you desire; Steve did all the painting for me; I think he had a great time doing it; there is a kid in all of us don't you think. He also loved thinking about each of his Grandkids while he painted them. Glue a magnet to the bottom. These can be used to make party favors as is, or added to a Magnetic Greeting Card, for a cute decoration on the card. Click here for the instructions. Have fun!
The preschool era is such an exciting time in a child’s life: they’re at the peak of their cuteness, their minds are itching for knowledge, their imagination is dying to expand, and their hands are constantly searching for something to keep them busy. Luckily, there is one activity that can appease all of those desires: crafting. Crafts for preschoolers are such an important part of a child’s development and growth, so be sure that you take the time to explore crafts and activities for kids. Whether these crafts for preschoolers are teaching the alphabet, encouraging reading, growing fine-motor skills, improving concentration and focus, or inciting curiosity, these are the best crafts for preschoolers, and they are sure to help your little ones grow while they have a blast being creative. Between science experiments that will get the little ones asking questions, animal crafts that will introduce children to other species, artsy crafts that will encourage scissor usage, coloring in the lines, and gluing, and other wild crafts that require a creative mind and an engaged imagination, your kids are in good hands. Be sure to sign up for our weekly newsletter, Crafty Kid Creations, for easy & fun crafts delivered straight to your inbox! To subscribe, click here.
