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Clothes Peg Planes Craft

June 19, 2014 by Sue Lively

Ever since Onetime was a baby, he has been interested in all things AIRPLANE! We had an Airplane First Birthday party for him and have spent many fun afternoons at the local airport watching small planes take off and land. But, nothing has got him as excited as the knowledge of his upcoming first flight a few weeks from now.Clothes Peg Plane CraftTo celebrate my son’s obsession, we decided to do an Awesome Airplane Roundup this week with 20+ links to airplane activities and crafts.

We also decided to make a homemade Cardboard AIRPORT to play with at home (and to learn a little bit about what our upcoming trip will be like.)

Ready for Takeoff: Kids AirportOnce we built our airport it became clear that Onetime needed some planes to play with! We had some plastic toys already, but none seemed to really fit the scale of our airport.

So, we started with the idea of using a clothes peg for the fuselage from Momdot and made our own version of 2 different airplanes – a Large 6″ one and a Mini-Plane.

Onetime absolutely LOVES his Large Clothes Peg plane and hasn’t let go of it since we made it!  He even insisted on bringing it for a family hike this afternoon – flying it through the air as we walked!

Playing with Clothes Peg PlaneOh, and it’s name is Dusty (yes, like the main character from Disney’s Planes movie.) AND it TALKS (Onetime just moves the clothes peg open and shut and uses his best airplane voice!  LOL)  I think we may need to add some googly eyes just for fun soon!

To Make Clothes Peg Planes You Will Need:

For the Large 6″ Plane

  • 4 coloured tongue depressors
  • one LARGE clothes peg (we found ours at Dollar Tree)
  • 3 ice cream treat sticks for a propeller and tail
  • markers to colour or paint
  • conical game pieces for plane lights
  • hot glue gun
  • small pom pom for plane nose
  • Optional: large button for front wheel (not seen in picture)

Kids Clothes Peg Plane CraftInstructions:

  1.  Colour all wing and tail pieces.
  2. Using the hot glue, glue on the 4 tongue depressors overlapping them to add strength.
  3. Glue on the treat sticks to make a propeller. Try not to block the “mouth” of the clothes peg if your child wants to make his/her plane “talk.”
  4. Glue on the tail treat stick.
  5. Glue on conical game pieces for lights on tail.

Pilots and Clothes Peg PlaneFor the Mini-Plane You Will Need:

  • 1 regular clothes peg
  • 1 ice cream treat stick for wings
  • markers or paint for decoration (we used acrylic pen markers)
  • conical game pieces for plane tail
  • hot glue gun
  • Optional: button for front wheel

Kids Mini-PlanesInstructions:

  1.  Colour all wing and tail pieces.
  2. Using the hot glue, glue on a treat stick to make the wings.
  3. Glue on a button onto the bottom of the plane for a front wheel.
  4. Glue on a conical game piece for a tail.

Hangar and Mini-PlanesThe great thing about both the LARGE and Mini-Planes is that they can grab onto things. At the airport, Onetime attached them to a string to make them look like they were flying!

But, they could also be used as cute paper-holders, or fridge magnets to hold a photo if you added an adhesive magnet on the bottom instead of a button.

I hope you’ve been inspired to great heights by our Clothes Peg Plane fun!

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Happy Flying!

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Filed Under: Crafts, Make-Believe Tagged With: airplanes

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  1. Theres Just One Mommy says

    June 28, 2014 at 10:01 am

    These are too cute! Definitely pinning!

    • Sue Lively says

      June 28, 2014 at 1:39 pm

      Thanks for dropping by There’s Just One Mommy!

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