Procedural Writing by Hannah

How to make a glider

What you need:

popsicle sticks

cellotape

masking tape

hot glue gun

mini popsicle sticks

paper

pencil

Method:

1-Design your glider on a large piece of paper drawing the exact measurements you will need.

2-Lay 3 popsicle long ways and 3 across and 2 for the thickness.

Stick it together like the image above.

3-For the wings lay 3 popsicle sticks long ways, 2 across and 2 for the thickness. Also add another popsicle stick going horizontal at each end, repeat this step another time for landing.

Stick it together like the image above.

4-At the front of the plane make a point by cutting the popsicle sticks on an angle.

5-Using the hot glue gun, glue the wings two thirds of the way up the plane. Make a little stabiliser by getting some mini popsicle sticks a cutting them down to size for the gap you need to stabilise it with. Glue the stabiliser onto the bottom of the body of the plane. The body of the plane should be up right.

6- For the landing feet you need to place one mini popsicle stick every two centimeters and glue it onto the wings. On the other side of the mini popsicle stick glue it to the landing feet.

7- EXTRA: If you want to make your plane look more “pretty” you could make a tail or a propeller.

You finished product should look like this.