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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.
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Kids Crafts
Author: Alli

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Start by painting one of the paper plates gray or colored using a gray crayon.
    paint paper plate gray
  • Next, cut a triangle out of red paper.
    cut triangle for rocket craft
  • Once the paper plate is dry, glue the red triangle to the top of the paper plate.
    glue triangle to top of paper plate
  • From another paper plate, cut a portion of it and attach it to the bottom of the paper plate.
    cut second paper plate for 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.
    glue second paper plate to back of rocket ship
  • 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.
    cut three circles and then cut fire
  • Make sure that the sizes are different to make a gradient out of it.
    unfold rocket ship fire
  • Glue them together then add it to the bottom part of the paper plate.
    glue different layers of fire to back of rocket craft
  • Cut two circles from the blue paper. The bigger one with a darker shade than the smaller one in a lighter color.
    cut two different sizes of circles for center of rockets
  • Glue the two circles together and then add them to the middle of the paper plate.
    glue two circles to center of rocket ship

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