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Make a Boomerang

Here’s how to make your own returning boomerang out of cardboard. Give it a whirl! spinning boomerang

You will need the following:
  • cardboard measuring 8 by 11 inches (20 by 28 centimeters)
  • color markers
  • scissors
  • white glue or stapler
Flying Tips
  1. Find an open area outdoors away from other people.
  2. With your arm raised, hold your boomerang vertically (pointing up) by one of its blades so the curved tips bend toward you.
  3. Throw the boomerang with a quick snap of your wrist using just a little force. Throw it like you would a baseball.
  4. Adjust the folds and practice your throw to make the boomerang fly better.
Girl throwing her boomerang To learn more about boomerangs and see how they are thrown, check WORLD’s story on “Boomerangs.” 		  Here's How
  1. Print out the blade patterns.

  2. Glue the printed sheet to a piece of cardboard. cut

  3. Cut out the two blades.

  4. Lay one blade on
    staple top of the other so they form an X shape, and staple or glue them together at the center.

    color
  5. Decorate your boomerang with markers.

  6. Fold up the ends of each cardboard strip about one inch from the end of each blade. Now, you are ready to fly it. Follow the tips at left.
    Fold
Art by M.E. Cohen
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