one wing smaller -- hoping it would glide down in circle

 

cardboard and toothpicks

tissue paper and a wooden dowel

 

 

coffe filter parachute with paperclips attached

most successful model, extremely slow and graceful, but only when dropped -- couldn't throw

strings got REALLY tangled after two or three tries

same tissue paper parachute with superball attached instead of dowel

 

 

same idea as graceful one only with window plastic for the parachute -- failed miserably (wouldn't open)

on this one we tried attaching the strings to a sliding ring, but it didn't work

just how beautiful the parachute was :)

Andy's umbrella-like idea before tweaking

makeshift hinge out of vynl tubing and electrical tape -- didn't end up using

 

 

hinge of sponge and electrical tape -- squeezed together to throw...

...released to spring open and spread parachute