Flying Superhero Straw

Woosh! Design your own superhero and watch it soar through the air.

What You’ll Need:

  • Construction paper
  • One piece of lightweight paper, such as computer printer paper
  • Markers
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • Plastic drinking straw
  • Stickers, glitter, other craft items to decorate your superhero

Instructions:

  • Step 1: Use the construction paper to draw an outline of a superhero (younger children might need an adult’s help). Use the markers and craft items to color and decorate your superhero.
  • Step 2: Cut out the superhero figure and cut out a two inch by two-inch square from the lightweight paper.

Child wrapped two-inch square paper around one of the ends of the straw to create a “cap”.

  • Step 3: Bend and wrap the two-inch square paper around one of the ends of the straw to create a “cap” (see photo above) that you can attach your superhero to in the next step.

Superhero taped to end of yellow straw.

  • Step 4: Gently tape your superhero cutout to the “cap” you just created on the one end of the straw.
  • Step 5: Blow through the open end of the straw to watch your superhero fly! Experiment with different size breaths to see how far your superhero flies. 

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