Easy Paper Rockets

By Aleksandra Mikan of Curious Kangaroos

These paper rockets will zoom in front of your nose, chase you around the house and ultimately get lost behind furniture! The best part? All you need is a few household ingredients to keep your kids busy for hours!

Materials:

  • paper
  • markers, crayons, or whatever else you choose to decorate the rockets with
  • glue
  • clear tape
  • one plastic straw

Instructions

  1. stepsDecorate your paper.


  2. Put glue on one of the longer edges. Then role the paper around a pencil, starting from the opposite side, and press the glued edge down to form a tube. When dry, pull the tube off the pencil.


  3. Close the top of the rocket with tape.


  4. Insert a plastic straw into the open end, and you are ready to go.



These simple crafts will keep kids occupied for hours!

Aleksandra Mikan is an industrial designer who loves to experiment with different materials, and finds special inspiration in inventing toys made out of ordinary things you can find around the house. You can see more of her home-made toys on her blog Curious Kangaroos.

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