Make a Ministry of Magic memo (owl airplane)

$C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\My Documents\My Pictures\instructable\owl\21.JPG$

Everyone who has read or seen The Order of the Phoenix knows that the Ministry of Magic uses paper airplanes to send inter-office memos (the owl droppings were making a mess),

The Daily Prophet is reporting that some owls are quite peeved about loosing their jobs. In an effort to prevent an owl strike, the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures has used transfiguration to create a dropping-free owl/paper airplane hybrid.

Now you can make your very own owl airplane to transmit your super-secret messages. Just don't be suprised if is flies a little more like Pigwidgeon than Hedwig ;)

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Step 1: Choose your owl

$C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\My Documents\My Pictures\instructable\owl-photo.jpg$

$C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\My Documents\My Pictures\instructable\owl-coloring.jpg$

Choose either my photo owl, my coloring page owl, or a plain sheet of paper.

Choose one of the links below, then save the picture to your computer and print it from a image program. Full size, they are 7.5" x 10" and designed to be printed with a .25" border on each side.

Coloring Page Owl

Photo Style Owl

FFVIIBOY says: Mar 22, 2010. 10:19 AM

I made this but it keeps falling after about 3-4 feet or it just starts turning in a circle and ends up hitting something

instructable person 9 in reply to FFVIIBOYJul 8, 2012. 6:06 AM

so does mine

cxt1 says: May 18, 2011. 8:43 PM

I really like the idea of the owl planes!

insructoperson says: Jan 16, 2010. 8:58 AM

You said eagle in the end. I was like "I thought it was an owl!"

plzhelp says: Jul 19, 2009. 2:05 AM

Thanks heaps, I really suprised my sisters with this lol

redneckobsessed says: Jan 23, 2008. 2:22 PM

a corretion... owls dont leave droppings

Grey_Wolfe in reply to redneckobsessedAug 21, 2008. 1:39 PM

Owl pellets ARE droppings. If they didn't leave droppings, they'd explode. lol

I_am_Canadian in reply to redneckobsessedMar 8, 2008. 11:14 AM

yes, they do. i witnessed that last time a saw hank. (ewww....)

nngirlie22 says: Feb 22, 2008. 10:24 AM

Dear Redneckobsessed, Owls actually do leave droppings.They do defecate/urinate out of their cloaca, as do all birds. Trust me, I have been pooped on by many species of owls many a time.

eragonsdragon101 says: Aug 19, 2007. 5:52 PM

nice plane!!

Czaezar says: Jul 20, 2007. 6:23 PM

They are not aeroplanes in the shape of owls, they are just aeroplanes.

shangrilarcadia (author) in reply to CzaezarJul 20, 2007. 9:37 PM

Obviously they are just paper airplanes - this was the most owl-shaped aerodynamic plane I could do... The point is that they are cute airplanes for Harry Potter fans