How to make a paper boomerang
Paper Boomerang: try all 3 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
A three-blade boomerang cut from one hexagon of card. Three curved cuts leave three blades, each with a rounded leading edge, joined at a small hub.
- You need
- One hexagon of thin card, scissors and a pencil.
- Start
- Use a hexagon of thin card about 20 cm across. Mark a point 4 cm from each of three alternate corners along both sides; the blades will grow from these corners.
- Tips
- Cut the three notches the same, so the blades match.
- Thin card flies best; cereal-box card is about right.
Your model is ready
Bend each blade up a little along its length so the boomerang is slightly cupped. Hold it upright by one blade, with the other two pointing up, and flick it away with a snap of the wrist. The finished three-blade boomerang.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Cut the first notch
Start on the side next to the top corner, 2 cm from it. Cut in a curve toward the middle, round the small notch, and back out to the side next to the lower right corner. The curve leans the same way both sides of the notch. Keep the piece with the middle.
- 2
Cut the second notch
Turn the card a third of a circle and cut the same notch beside the next corner. Keep the piece with the middle.
- 3
Cut the third notch
Cut the last notch beside the remaining corner the same way. Three blades are left, joined at the middle.
- ✓
Finish
Bend each blade up a little along its length so the boomerang is slightly cupped. Hold it upright by one blade, with the other two pointing up, and flick it away with a snap of the wrist. The finished three-blade boomerang.
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