Glider Paper Airplane Tutorial for Intermediates (GIFs)
If you've mastered the more simple paper airplane styles, it may be time for you to up your game. So here's a glider paper airplane tutorial, which you'll need scissors for (and nimble hands).
If this is way too hard for you, go back to the beginning and learn how to make a basic paper airplane. With some practice you'll get there. If you want to see some different styles, head to our complete guide for making eight awesome paper airplanes. Fly safely peeps!
Want to see some other things fly? Check out these Estes model rocket launches, or for the real thing see SpaceX's Starship have a test flight.
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Take a piece of standard printer paper (A4 or letter) and place it vertically on the table. Fold it in half long ways and smooth down the crease.
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Open up the paper again. Take the top left corner of the paper and fold it in to meet the center fold. Smooth the crease down.
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Do the same on the other side. Fold the top right corner down to meet the center fold. Smooth down the crease.
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Take the top of the triangle and fold it down so the pointed end meets the bottom edge of the folded paper. Smooth down the crease.
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Step 5
Take the top left edge of the paper and fold the top edge in to meet the center fold.
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Fold in the right side, forming a triangle at the top.
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Fold the piece of paper in half with the triangle point meeting the bottom edge of the paper.
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Making a crease in the center of the top piece of paper, fold the top of the triangle up. About 1 inch of the triangle should go over the edge of the paper.
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Flip over the paper and fold it in half.
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Take a ruler and make a slightly diagonal vertical line about one inch away from the center fold, wider at the top and slightly narrower at the bottom.
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Step 11
Fold down the wing over the crease you just made.
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Flip the paper over and fold the other wing over to meet the other wing. They should align up so the paper airplane can fly straight.
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Open up the paper airplane and fold both wings back to meet each other. Then lay the airplane flat on the table.
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Take a ruler and make a vertical marking about 1 inch long a ruler's width from the outside edge of the paper.
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Now make a diagonal line to the right and another vertical line. Check the GIF to check the shape you should draw.
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Now make one last horizontal marking from the outside edge of the paper to the third line you marked.
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Step 17
Cut out the area you marked.
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Step 18
Open up the wings of the paper airplane and smooth down the creases.
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Step 19
Fold up 1 cm of the outside edge of the airplane's wings.
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Step 20
Fold the edge of the other wing.
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Then open up the paper airplane's wings, fold up the small edges of the wings, and fly your paper airplane!
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