Twenty sheets of double sided graphic paper turn a wet afternoon into a squadron. Every sheet is printed on both faces, so a finished plane is patterned wherever you look at it, and the instructions teach three separate folds: the Standard, the Lion and the Traditional. A child picks a paper, follows the diagrams, decorates the wings from the two sticker sheets, and sends it down the hallway.

The whole thing lives in a box small enough for a glovebox or a party bag, which is the point of the Creativity for Kids Mini Kit line. Nothing to plug in, nothing else to buy, and twenty planes is enough for a classroom to race and trade rather than one child to fold alone. Creativity for Kids, a Faber-Castell company, recommends it for ages 6 and up.