Make your own (model) airplanes with these easy craft activities for kids, using household materials and no screens. 

With four different options to choose from, the sky is the limit. 

A black field filled with small paper airplanes made out of cardboard and a Q-tip.

Make a mini-glider

Ages 4-8 | 15 mins 

 

Two small model plans made out of paper and paper towel or toilet paper rolls, decorated with markers.

Make an airplane model out of a paper towel tube.

Ages 5+ | 30 mins


 

A red craft creating an airplane with wings and a propeller, decorated with various materials.

Make a Model of a 1920s Airplane

Ages 5+ | 45 mins

Grown Up Required

A young visitor is rapt with attention as they throw a paper airplane, with a similar line of young visitors behind them.

Experiment with Paper Airplanes

Ages 9+ | 15 mins

Adapted from Soar Together at Air and Space. Soar Together is made possible by the generous support of the Northrop Grumman Foundation.