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Use the clothespin to hold onto a little paper heart with a message.<\/p>\n
For each plane, you\u2019ll need two popsicle sticks, one clothespin, and one mini popsicle stick.<\/p>\n
Cut cardboard segments for the struts between the wings of the bi-plane. Make the cardboards segments just tall enough that the top wing will sit ABOVE the clothespin and not attached to it. That will allow you to still operate the clothespin to insert the paper heart.<\/p>\n
Cut a segment of a popsicle stick to be a tail. NOTE \u2013 the photo shows the popsicle stick cut straight across, but if you cut the tail at an angle, it looks better.<\/p>\n
We found that it was easier to glue the plane together first before painting. That way, you can cover any sloppy glue areas with paint.<\/p>\n *Don\u2019t glue the popsicle stick wing to the top of the clothespin, or the clothespin won\u2019t open. Glue it to the cardboard struts.<\/p>\n We used acrylic paint, and I really think that\u2019s the best option. Just make sure to cover up clothes, etc. when working with acrylic because it won\u2019t wash out.<\/p>\n Also, another idea \u2013 it might be fun to add a magnet to the belly of the plane and put it on the refrigerator!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks to FrugalFun4Boys <\/a>for the idea!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Use the clothespin to hold onto a little paper heart with a message. Supplies Needed Clothespins \u2013 the type the open with a spring Popsicle sticks \u2013 2 per plane Mini popsicle sticks \u2013 2 per plate Corrugated cardboard Glue \u2013 we used hot glue Acrylic paint and brushes Scissors Construction paper (Magnet) Step 1: … Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa \u201dClothespin Airplane Valentines\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2590,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions\/1481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Required](\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2024\/01\/Bild2-300x300.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\nStep 2: Assemble the plane with hot glue<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nStep 3: Paint your plane!<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Step 4: Cut out a heart from construction paper and write a cheerful message!<\/strong><\/h3>\n