Requirement 5:

Scott A.F.B. is home to many of airplanes, so create your own model airplane out of household items. (toilet paper rolls, paper mache, plastic soda bottles, etc.)

        Although I don't currently have the pictures of them, I recently made an airplane. And now I'm going to tell you how!!! I bet you saw that one coming, didn't you?

        Okay, step one! Get a soda bottle and make sure there isn't any soda left in it. Then, peel of the label. Just a quick hint, but it helps if you have a butterknife to peel with. It's a lot better than having little pieces of plastic and glue stuck under your nails. 

        Step two! Using silver spray paint (though any color, except maybe white will do), spray paint the bottle. Try not to get any in your eyes; it really does sting. Also, if you have to paint in 0-degree weather, wear gloves. I know from first-hand experience it helps.

       Step three! While you let the bottle dry, get a box. It doesn't have to be a big box; a cereal box will make about ten wings if done properly. Like I said, we're making wings, so cut it in a sort of thin, not too thin, wing-shape. They don't have to even look like proper wings; mine looked like elongated aspirin pills. Anyway, after you're done cutting, guess what? More spray painting! I used black, but you use any color, except the color you painted the body. By this time, the bottle should be dry, but if it's not, let the wings and them dry together in front of a fan.

       Step four! Get an egg carton, any old egg carton. Plastic, foam, cardboard, it doesn't matter; just use it. Well, make sure there isn't any egg goop left in it. Cut it in half between to two columns of little egg containers, and then cut the individual indents where the eggs go. If you're making more than one plane, you might need all of them, but if not, you just need one. Make about four little holes where the corners would be, and then get two straws. Put the straws through the holes, and you have an airplane nose. By this time, the wings and bottle should be dry. If they aren't, your spray paint's probably broken. Anyhow, you have to do even more spray painting! Using black or dark gray, spray the nose lightly and let it dry. It take only five minutes; a lot shorter than the others which seemed to take an eternity to me.

       Step five! Finally, no more spray painting! Isn't that simply amazing? Okay, not really, but this step calls for glue and a knife (Or scissors). Take the bottle, and cut a slit of both sides. Slide the wings through. Put a ring of hot glue around the drinking part of the bottle, and put the nose on. And then, have fun! Make it pretty! Give it a name! Make it all sparkly and glittery! Draw smiley faces on it! Okay, only do that if you're a brownie, or if you have a very over-active imagination like me. But at very least write your name on it! 

       And guess what? You're done! It's finally done! You can put away the paint, because you have an airplane. Just remember, you don't have to make an airplane this way. You could make the Toilet Paper Roll Plane, or the Paper Mache Airplane, or a Cardboard Airplane! It's all up to you!