Ignite creativity with an engaging paper plate rocket craft! Explore the universe while having fun. Perfect for kids' imaginative play.

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The outer space craze is real among kids. They daydream about aliens, space rockets, and the solar system all the time. If you have a space enthusiast in the house, you haven't heard the end of the question - 'Mom, can we build our own rocket?'. Now you can answer YES!

Today, I have a fun Rocket Craft for you and your young learners. This space craft is not only fun to make but also super easy. It's a great way to teach your kids about the different parts of a space rocket and build their interest further.

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Rocket Crafts for Kids of All Ages

This easy craft is for everyone. The little learners can exercise their fine motor skills when they use scissors to cut rocket ship shapes from a free rocket ship template. They'll also learn to control their hand movement. Since cutting takes time, it'll teach young children how to be patient to get something done right.

Older kids can make their space unit. It includes making a paper rocket craft, a cone shape, and two fins. It'll teach them how to follow instructions while having much fun.

How to Use This Rocket Ship Craft

This fun craft can be an excellent rainy day activity or party fun. Invite your child's friends and have them all make different types of rockets. You'll only have to provide basic supplies like paper plates, construction paper, different colored craft papers, white paint, and empty toilet paper rolls. You can also provide decorative materials like star stickers, glitters, and markers for the finishing touches. I suggest doing the hot glue gun and scissors work yourself. It can be dangerous.

Rocket craft is an easy summer craft that can be used for educational purposes. Here are a few fun craft projects:

Use the rocket craft as a letter identification game. Each person has to make a rocket and add their initial on it.
Go stargazing and use the rocket craft to identify different constellations in the night sky.
Use the rocket craft's small round cutouts, crescent shapes, and half circles to teach basic geometry.
Cut out the large circle from the printable template to teach basic facts about the solar system.

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More Fun Craft Ideas

Space crafts are pretty versatile. You can do so much with it. If you're looking for ideas, refer to the list below:

Add straws to the back of your rocket cutouts to make straw rockets.
Use a mini bottle to make the rocket and add flame cutouts at the bottom of the rocket ship.
Paint the rocket in different colors and add stars, planets, moons, and a flame pattern near the bottom.

Check out our other space activities including Space Activities For Kids, Space Bingo, Space Multiplication Color By Number, and Space Bookmarks.

Making the Rocket Themed Craft

Ready to use time productively with an easy summer craft? Follow the step-by-step guide attached below. I hope you and your kids will enjoy this rocketship craft as much as we did. Once you have all the rockets ready, hang them in your child's room or pin them to the fridge. It'll be a great way to decorate your house and show off your child's creative side!

Rocket Ship Craft Supplies

Paper plates
Gray paint
Paintbrush
Cardstock Papers
Glue
Scissor

How To Make A Rocket Craft

Start by painting one of the paper plates gray or colored using a gray crayon.

Next, cut a triangle out of red paper.

Once the paper plate is dry, glue the red triangle to the top of the paper plate.

From another paper plate, cut a portion of it and attach it to the bottom of the paper plate.

glue second paper plate to back of rocket ship

This second paper plate can be whatever color you want to make it. If you have another color paper plate, that works great too.

Make the fire at the bottom using different colors of paper– orange, yellow, and light yellow. To make this, cut a circle, fold it then cut
strips in a curvy style.

Make sure that the sizes are different to make a gradient out of it.

glue different layers of fire to back of rocket craft

Glue them together then add it to the bottom part of the paper plate.

cut two different sizes of circles for center of rockets

Cut two circles from the blue paper. The bigger one with a darker shade than the smaller one in a lighter color.

glue two circles to center of rocket ship

Glue the two circles together and then add them to the middle of the paper plate.

Happy Crafting!

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Rocket Craft

Ignite creativity with an engaging paper plate rocket craft! Explore the universe while having fun. Perfect for kids' imaginative play.

Course Kids Crafts

Cook Time 30

Total Time 30

Author Alli

Equipment

Scissors
Paintbrush

Ingredients

Instructions

Start by painting one of the paper plates gray or colored using a gray crayon.
Next, cut a triangle out of red paper.
Once the paper plate is dry, glue the red triangle to the top of the paper plate.
From another paper plate, cut a portion of it and attach it to the bottom of the paper plate.
This second paper plate can be whatever color you want to make it. If you have another color paper plate, that works great too.
Make the fire at the bottom using different colors of paper– orange, yellow, and light yellow. To make this, cut a circle, fold it then cut strips in a curvy style.
Make sure that the sizes are different to make a gradient out of it.
Glue them together then add it to the bottom part of the paper plate.
Cut two circles from the blue paper. The bigger one with a darker shade than the smaller one in a lighter color.
Glue the two circles together and then add them to the middle of the paper plate.