Paper Cup Rocket
Join The Let's Go Club and find out how to make your very own space rocket! Three, two, one... Blast off!
- Two paper cups
- Coloured card
- Bowl
- Pencil
- Marker pen
- Scissors (grown-up use only)
- Sticky tape
- Glue
- A two pound coin
- A one pence coin (penny)
- Coloured tissue paper (red, orange, yellow)
- Rubber bands
Instructions
Place a bowl onto the card, draw around it, and ask a grown-up to help you cut out a circle shape
Fold the circle in half, fold it in half again, and then unfold it
Ask a grown-up to help you cut out a quarter of the circle by cutting along the folds
Cut the quarter circle shape in half to make the rocket’s wings
Fold over the edges of the wings to help you attach them to the rocket later
Take what’s left of the circle and overlap the two ends to make a cone, then stick them together
Stick the cone to the top of the paper cup
On the leftover card draw around the penny and the two pound coin, and ask a grown-up to help cut them out
Stick the circles to the cone with glue so they look like windows!
Use sticky tape to attach the wings to the cone of the rocket
Now to make a launch pad for your rocket: Rip your coloured tissue paper into strips and stick them to a fresh paper cup
Grab your rocket and ask a grown-up to help you make four small cuts in the base
Place your rubber band into these cuts to make a criss-cross pattern – ask a grown-up for help as it’s a bit tricky!
Put your launch pad on a flat surface table and put your rocket cup on top of it
Pull your rocket down and watch it blast off into space!