Recession Busting Toys Part I: The Paper Aeroplane
The DC3
These times of recession are great for rediscovering your childhood. We’ve just discovered paper aeroplanes in our house. Children are great. The plain and obvious to you is the new and undiscovered to them.
The Classic Dart
I came in the door one evening last week and my 6 year old girl was running around with a fairly primitive under performing model that my wife had rustled up. Apparently, the art of the paper aeroplane is rather under-developed in France. This wouldn’t do at all. When I placed that A4 piece of paper on the table, my hands started folding the paper all by themselves, just like it was 25 years ago! Shortly after its pretty successful maiden flight, which saw it soar through the gap in the conservatory doors, my “Classic Dart” went into mass production. Every eye in the house was at risk with paper aeroplanes flying everywhere. Brilliant stuff. They provided a full evening’s entertainment and I’m still being asked to make them days later. Fun, free and wholesome entertainment! After a little Googling, we can do a whole lot better than the rudimentary Classic Dart.
This page claims to have the best paper aeroplane in the world. After a quick glance at its main features, it’s hard to disagree.
The Best Paper Aeroplane in the World!
This page has instructions for no less than 27 different types of paper aeroplane, all ranked by difficulty level.
But that’s not all the fun you can have. I remember as a child, I had a book about space which came with a cut out and fold space shuttle which could “fly”. It also came with a cut out landing strip. Your objective was to glide your space shuttle onto the landing strip, just like the real thing (of course you know that the real space shuttle has to perform a glide landing too). So, with a little imagination, some A4 pages, a marker and some sellotape, you can create your very own runway and try to land your creations on it.
So there you have it - some simple, creative and inexpensive ways to spend quality time with your children.
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