Make a simple rocket

This craft is suitable for very young children although it might be safer to leave it off the stick for them.

You will need:

• Brightly coloured card (fluorescent works well)
• Scissors
• Gluestick or PVA glue and spreader
• Glitter and sticky stars
• Red, orange and yellow crepe paper
• Stapler
• A garden cane or long (50cm) straw and sticky tape (optional)

How to make a rocket:

• Cut out a rectangle, a triangle and a trapezoid and glue them together to make a simple rocket.
• Decorate with glitter or sticky stars.
• Cut long strips of crepe paper.
  Top tip – for a quick and easy way to produce long lengths just cut across the end of the crepe paper without unrolling it.
• Staple a few lengths of crepe paper to the bottom of the rocket as flames.
• Attach to a garden cane or long straw so that it can swoop through the air with a fiery trail! (optional)

You can download a template for this craft activity here (PDF).

Last Updated 06 December 2010