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Helicopter Craft

October 25, 2013 by OneMommy

One of our favorite things to do for our homeschool preschool is to craft a vehicle for each letter we work on.

For the letter “H” we focused on helicopters.  We chose to do a recycled craft when making our fun helicopter craft.

kids helicopter craft -- simple recycled craft for kids

 

This helicopter craft was my son’s favorite activity for H is for Helicopter.

We have done a different vehicle for each letter of the alphabet.  You can find all of them on our vehicle crafts & activities page.

Helicopter Craft

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Materials Needed:

  • Small Plastic Drink Bottle (Water Bottle or Soda Pop Bottle)
  • 2 Craft Sticks
  • Pipe Cleaners
  • Plastic Ball (a ball pit ball works great)
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Scissors
  • Hole Punch

 

To create your helicopter, hit the recyclables box and find a small plastic drink bottle.  This will forn the main body of the helicopter.

Cut the bottle in half, saving the half with the mouth piece.

Cut a 1/4 inch thick piece strip from the other half of the bottle.

helicopter craft

To begin your helicopter, use a hole punch to make a hole in the plastic bottle top, about 1 1/2 inches from the mouth piece.

Tread a 3 inch piece of pipe cleaner through the hole, twisting it around the end you cut off.  Twist to secure it.

Use two other pieces of pipe cleaner  to form a cross.   Secure them to the piece of pipe cleaner that is threaded through the hole.  This will form the main propeller on top.helicopter craft

Use the hot glue gun to secure the 1/4″ wide strip of plastic bottle upside down to the bottom of the bottle half.

Hot glue the craft sticks to the edges of the plastic strip to form runners for your helicopter.

Twist 1/2 a pipe cleaner around the mouth piece of the bottle to form the rear propeller.

Stick the plastic ball into the bottle’s opening and your helicopter craft is finished!

helicopter craft

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Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: recycled craft, upcycled craft, vehicle craft, water bottle craft

Comments

  1. Donna DM Yates says

    October 25, 2013 at 9:03 pm

    Oh, wow, this is an amazing craft. I can see why they had so much fun.

    • OneMommy says

      October 26, 2013 at 1:49 pm

      My son told his daddy it was his new favorite helicopter — high praise from a 4 year old!

  2. thedoseofreality says

    October 26, 2013 at 10:38 am

    My Abby would love the helicopter craft and that actually looks like one I could handle! ;)-Ashley

    • OneMommy says

      October 26, 2013 at 1:48 pm

      I have to say the helicopters have been big hits this weekend — and we’ve used them for some fun learning, too!

  3. the practical perfeccionista says

    October 26, 2013 at 10:25 pm

    What a great craft! I’m sure he’ll remember the letter H after that! We might have those supplies around here too… !

  4. Lauren says

    October 28, 2013 at 10:46 am

    How fun! Thank you for sharing at our Pinning for Play link party!

  5. creativejewishmom/sara says

    October 31, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    Fabulous helicopter, love it! Would be great hanging over a child’s bed too! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

    • OneMommy says

      November 2, 2013 at 3:15 pm

      Great minds think alike! I was thinking that myself the other day! 🙂

  6. Rebecca English says

    November 2, 2013 at 5:43 am

    Oh that’s amazing! WHat a great idea.

    I’ve featured it on The Sunday Showcase

    • OneMommy says

      November 2, 2013 at 3:13 pm

      Thanks so much for featuring it!

  7. iGameMom says

    November 5, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    Love the project. It is very creative. A great one for boys. Thakns for sharing at Mom’s Library. I am featuring it on iGameMom – http://igamemom.com/2013/11/05/10-easy-art-projects-for-kids-moms-library/

  8. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    June 13, 2014 at 4:11 pm

    You come up with the most creative projects! I love that you used recyclables too!

    • OneMommy says

      June 24, 2014 at 4:37 pm

      Thank you! This one has been one of our favorites!

  9. Mihaela says

    September 9, 2014 at 5:26 pm

    Love this! Found it on Project: Recycle & Create Pinterest board! 😀

    • OneMommy says

      September 10, 2014 at 10:47 pm

      It remains one of our favorite vehicle crafts! 🙂

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