Abstract: A hand fan assembly comprises a fan body having an elongate handle socket extending inwardly from one edge of the body, and an elongate handle having a hand-grip portion and an extension stem projecting from the grip portion and adapted to be retainingly received in the socket. Assembly may be effected by sliding the stem into the socket through an entrance having a threshold to facilitate locating the tip of the stem for insertion into the socket. The stem may be frictionally retained in the socket to maintain the handle in functional assembly with the fan body. The fan body is adapted to be formed by folding panels together along a score line which may have a cut-out to receive the handle stem into the socket. In a kit package the fan body and the handle are enclosed in an envelope with the handle extending across a major dimension of the body.