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Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A-23
By Dave Pierik _
Shelton-Mason County Journal
Happy Tree Airport
Paper airplanes are a joy to make, so let’s create an airport for them!
[lg You will need:
Tools: scissors, marker,
paintbrushes.
Materials: Newspaper,
cardboard (cylinder,
corrugated and thin),
school glue, masking
tape, sand, round t00th-.
picks, acrylic paints,
small round beads, and
a PlaStlc mllk'PuH- Practice: open newspaper flat on a table, and fold
different an- Cut round toothpicks to different lengths and carefully poke
gles down the middle for several styles of large planes. For this into the
bottom of each plane. Glue in place. Let dry. Trim any
project: cut 4” squares of newspaper and fold two at a time into excess
lengths with scissors. Paint small beads black, let dry
several plane designs. Run a bit of glue down the middle and then glue in
place for wheels. Let dry. I
. put masking tape over the top to hold in place. Let dry.
Trace the outlines of smaller and larger cardboard cylinders
onto corrugated cardboard, and cut 2 circles of each. Test-fit,
glue together, and let dry. Cut seven 3/1” cardboard window
squares and one 1-%” x 3A” door rectangle. Bend them to fit,
glue and tape until dry. For the radar dish, cut a round tooth-
pick and a milk pull, glue and mask until dry. Flock edges with
sand.
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This windowsill makes a great runway, or you could paint a strip of
cardboard black. “Ladies and gentle-
men, this is your pilot speaking. Fasten your seatbelts; Flight 24 from
Happy Tree to Shelton will be departing
shortly!” ‘
Mix white paint with glue to base-coat the tower and any planes
you want to. Let dry. Mask off the windows, door and any areas or ques
formation please
you want to leave white. Mix glue and sand with grey and paint . '
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the sides, then repeat with black for tower tops. Let dry. Remove email
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tape. Paint the radar dish silver, the windows and door handle visit the
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metallic, and the door blue.