How to Make a Paper Airplane
By Caylin Harris
November 05, 2013
Credit: Peter Ardito
This basic shape is easy to make and fun to fly (it goes pretty far!).
1. Take a standard size (8" x 12") piece of printer paper and fold the long sides in half.
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2. Fold the two top corners in to form a triangle.
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3. Fold the sides of the triangle in again, forming a narrower triangle.
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4. Turn the triangle on its side and fold it in half.
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5. The top edges on each of the sides can be folded down halfway to form the wings.
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