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Are you in need a fun game for a group activity? Why not play this easy paper airplane game? It' not just for kids, although, you can imagine how much fun they would have playing this. You can use this game as a team-building event or as an activity for a birthday party. However you decide to use this paper airplane game, rest assured that you and your partners will have loads of fun.

Here's what to do for the Chase ’N Race Game:

Have lots of thin construction paper or plain white copier paper and crayons or magic markers on hand. Pick the simplest paper airplane design you know and show the kids or other participants how to fold their own. Part of the fun, regardless of age, is coloring the paper first, before folding. Be creative and make your wildest design. It'll look great on the finished paper airplane.

If younger children are playing the Chase 'N Race game, have some helpers or volunteers give a hand to each child in folding the paper airplanes. A good idea is to practice the folds with your helpers a head of time so you are completely familiar and comfortable making the airplanes.

Once all the paper airplanes have been folded, take the kids (or adults) outside and have a paper airplane race. Here’s how to set it up:

1. Make a starting line and a finish line on a grassy area if possible. To make it really fun, have the space between the start and finish around the length of a soccer field, but if you don’t have that much space, just make the space as long as you possibly can.

3. Start the race by shouting loudly, “Wheels up!” (or “Go!”), each racer pilot throws his/her paper airplane as far and as straight as he can toward the finish line.

4. Each pilot then runs after their plane, picking it up, and throwing it toward the finish line.

Two Rules Only!

1. No running with the plane. If a pilot runs while the plane is still in his hand, he has to go back to the start line and begin again.

2. The first person that throws their paper airplane over the finish line and crosses it himself is the winner!

Tip: One of the best planes to make for this game is the ProFlier paper airplane (found on the Easy Paper Airplane Web site - just follow the link below.) It’s a good, straight-flying plane.

A good prize for the winner is a Super Dooper fast stunt plane called the Karate Kid. Make it ahead of time with cool colored paper of your choice and write Chase ’N Race First Place on it. Make some and practice with it.

Read the fantastic flying tips on the Easy Paper Airplanes Web site on how to make the Karate Kid do unbelievable stunts with just a flick of the wrist. Then show your first-place pilot how to fly it and turn it into a mini event that will be sure to make him or her feel special.

For more paper airplane games and activities, see the link below. Enjoy and use your imagination! You can probably come up with a whole host of other party games using an easy paper airplane.