Recycled Bottle Helicopter

Recycled Bottle Helicopter

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[tool]Scissors[/tool]
[tool]Stapler[/tool]
[supply]Plastic bottle (a small one)[/supply]
[supply]Plastic straws[/supply]
[supply]Ping Pong ball[/supply]
[supply]Pin[/supply]
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Recycled Bottle Helicopter - Step 1

Prepare all tools and supplies like stated above and shown on the picture

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Recycled Bottle Helicopter - Step 2

Use scissors or any tool with small, sharp end to make a hole in the plastic cap. Try to do it in the middle and be very careful as you’ll need all your fingers later.

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Recycled Bottle Helicopter - Step 3

Cut the bottle into two parts and also one stripe which will make the joint for skids (I know this is a special shape of a bottle but I am sure you’ll find it somewhere). It should have that ball-shaped part to put the ping pong ball inside.

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Recycled Bottle Helicopter - Step 4

Now you need to cut three straws in a way shown (three parts with bent heads should be a bit shorter than the rest of the straw)

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Recycled Bottle Helicopter - Step 5

Use a pin to put two longer parts together making a propeller. Pin previously cut stripe to shorter straws with a stapler to prepare skids, afterwards stick the last bent straw, into the hole in a cap. Now you’ve got the three most important parts to build your mini helicopter with

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Recycled Bottle Helicopter - Step 6

The part with a cap should be now attached to the body with a stapler (as you can see on the picture).

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Recycled Bottle Helicopter - Step 7

The final action in your crafting experience is to put the ping pong ball into the body, forming a cockpit.

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P.S. It is as easy as it looks like so DO try this at home and have fun!