The Square

This boxy paper plane is great for gliding through the air.

Its wide stiff wings allow it to fly in a strong wind. It also likes to fly upside down.

Medium Difficulty 8 folds Requires scissors distance, time aloft Flight Distance: 24.3 ft / 7.4 m Flight Duration: 1.9 sec

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

1. Fold the paper down about 2 inches before the bottom.

2. Fold the top two corners to the center line.

3. Open up the sheet and accordion fold the sides in.

4. Fold up the outer points as shown.

5. Now, fold the peak down to the end of the diamond shape.

6. Fold the plane in half towards you.

7. Fold out both sides to create the wings. The body should be about a 1/2 an inch tall.

8. Finally, cut two small flaps at the tail of each wing.

Final Paper Airplane Design

Point the flaps down and throw slightly upwards and this paper airplane will flip upside down and return to you like a boomerang. Point the flaps up and throw hard to get a nice glide through the air.

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Sample Paper Airplane Printable Instructions

These beautiful, easy to follow, paper airplane folding instructions can be downloaded and printed as many times as you want. Use them when you are offline and don't have access to the internet. Simply follow the printed instructions and fold along the indicated lines and you will have a perfectly folded paper airplane, every time.

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