How to Make a Fast But Small Paper Airplane

Fold one square of origami paper in half to form a crease and then unfold the paper. Set the paper on your work surface so that the crease is vertical. Fold the top corners of the paper down so that they touch the center crease. The paper will resemble a small house with a triangle on top of a rectangle.

Fold the top corners of the rectangle in to touch the center crease. The paper will look like a teepee at this point. Fold down the tip of the teepee so that it touches the top of the teepee door.

Fold the plane in half along the center crease so that all of the folds you have created are inside the plane. Press all of the creases flat.

Place the paper on your work surface with the flat edge of the center fold on the left. You will see a corner of the origami paper sticking out of the lower right corner of the shape. Fold only the top layer of the paper back at this point, just far enough so that there appears to be two small triangles sticking out of the bottom of the paper airplane. Turn the paper over and repeat this on the other side, making sure that the triangles match up.

Fold the long flat edge of the plane in about 1/4 inch. This fold may be difficult to make because you will be working with several layers of paper. Unfold the center crease and you will see the fold you just created along the center crease and one wing. Grasp this fold and fold it towards the opposite wing. Crease it firmly. You have just created the part of the airplane you will hold onto during launch. The plane is now ready to fly.