Kids are always fascinated with helicopters, airplanes, rockets and other objects that can fly. You don’t have to spend extra money on these. With a little bit of creativity and imagination, you can make a unique and eco toy with very simple materials or something we are going to discard, such as plastic bottle and drinking straws. Here is a fun DIY project to make a toy helicopter to entertain the kids (source). What a creative idea! The helicopter looks so cute! It’s very easy to make. You can work on this with your kids. It teaches the kids to be imaginative and models a simple way to reuse and recycle. Happy crafting!
Here are the things you will need:
Instructions:
1. Have all the supplies ready.
2. Use scissors to poke a hole on the cap of the plastic bottle.
3. Cut the plastic bottle in half and cut out a strip from it.
4. Cut the drinking straws in desired lengths.
5. Insert a straw into the hole of the cap, as the helicopter’s tail. Staple the strip to two straws as shown. Put two pieces of straws perpendicularly over each other to form a cross, then fix them on the top of the helicopter with a pin.
6. Staple the strip to the bottle’s top part to form the body of the helicopter.
7. Place the table tennis ball in the open part of the helicopter. Done!
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