Begin by gluing 4 popsicle sticks together per rocket. There are two ways to do this. 1.) Cut two popsicle sticks down to the width of four popsicle sticks. Glue them across the back of the sticks. 2.) Cut a piece of scrap paper to fit the width of the four popsicle sticks and glue it to the back, holding them all together.

Now, paint the front of your rocket in your chosen Valentine’s Day colors. We chose red, pink, and light blue for our rockets. Purple would be nice, too. Let the paint dry completely. Next, punch hearts from the cardstock colors of your choice. If you do not have the heart punch, you can simply draw hearts on different colors of construction paper and cut them out.

While the paint is drying, print the rocket template and cut out the pieces. Trace the two triangles on the cardstock colors of choice and cut them out. Trace the flame on red cardstock and cut it out.

You could use only one of the triangles for the fins of the rocket.

Or, glue the smaller fin to the middle of the larger fin.

Then, glue the fins to the bottom of the craft sticks.

Glue the flame coming out from the bottom of the sticks, too.

Glue the hearts along the rocket.

Finally, use a metallic marker to draw fun shiny details along the hearts, fins, and flame of the rocket to complete this super cute and easy Valentine’s Day craft.

One last thing that we think is great for this craft is to add friendly notes to the back of the rocket. Simply add a note with your paint pens onto the red construction paper you used on the back side to hold the popsicle sticks together or glue it on at the end. Giving these fun Valentine Rocket Ships as gifts is so much fun!