Making a Recycled Rocketship

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Making a Recycled Rocketship - finished rocketship with stickers added to foil covering This would be a fun craft time activity if your toddler is into rocketships! We were able to make this craft with supplies we had at home. It was fun to make together and he had a blast playing with his new creation and to more days of playing!

Note:
If you do not have space stickers, you could use any other stickers you have or draw images on paper, cut out, and tape on instead. Also, instead of using foil, you could spray paint and paint them on.

Total Time: 30 minutes

Supplies:

aluminum foil
piece of scrap cardboard
hot glue
bottle
construction paper
stickers
gel pen (pen, paint, marker, or crayons)

Steps:

Wrap bottle in aluminum foil.

Making a Recycled Rocketship - bottle laying on a piece of foil

Making a Recycled Rocketship - wrap foil around the bottle

Freehand sketch the rocketship's fins, you will need (3) pieces. Cut out with adult supervision.

Making a Recycled Rocketship - sketch fins on cardboard and cut out

Optional - you can leave as is, paint, or color. He chose to use his gel pens (his favorite is the glittery effect).

Making a Recycled Rocketship - let child color fins

With adult supervision, hot glue the fins onto the bottle.

Making a Recycled Rocketship - glue fins to bottle

For the nose cone of the rocketship - roll a piece of colored paper of choice into cone shape.

Making a Recycled Rocketship - roll a piece of colored paper into a cone shape for the nose

With adult supervision, hot glue cone to top of bottle.

Making a Recycled Rocketship - glue nose cone over the top and neck of the bottle

Making a Recycled Rocketship - cone in place

Ready for your toddler to decorate to their liking. We had a space sticker book which was very suitable for the craft theme however your child can decorate however they would like!

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