Fancy Fan Flyers

Use paper, tape, and scissors to create a quick set of flying objects. This is a great activity for grade school kids on up!

You need

• a fan
• some blocks to prop up the fan with
• scissors
• tape
• Elmer's glue
• colored pens

You want to prop up your fan off the ground so that air can flow straight up in the air. The goal is to send your fan flyers up as high as you can. If the fan is not propped up, it will not be able to send air up.

You want to build something that will catch the air and help prepare it up.

The simplest version is to roll some paper and tape it in a tube shape.

Then cut small strips into one end of the tube.

Fan out all the little strips you have caught to catch as much wind as possible.

Of course you can beautify this up by adding color and changing their shape.

You can paint them before you shape them.

when you roll them, after they are colored, they take on a whole new look.

this is also an option and for more complicated shapes, it may be necessary.

Once you are ready, hold them over the fan and let them FLY! Have fun.