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Description

Make and fly a rocket. Try distance challenges and target challenges.

Resources

Pen (round with no pocket clip)
Paper – white for barrel and colored for rocket tops
Crepe Paper Streamer
Cellophane Tape
fast setting liquid adhesive eg E6000
Large rubber bands

Instructions

1. Center pen on white 8 1/2 long X 3 inch wide strip of paper. Tape paper to pen and roll the pen in the paper taping shut when finished.
2. Fold the top of the paper into two peaks like you are wrapping a package and tape it down.
3. At the bottom of the pen barrel do the same but leave about 1/2 inch loose before taping it down. Smush (technical term there) the paper so it has an indent. This is what you are going to use to put against the rubber band as it makes it much easier for kids to shoot the rocket.
4. Make a cone out of colored paper for the top of the rocket. Tape it shut leaving no holes. Stuff pieces of crepe paper or paper towel into the top of the cone. Pack it so the top of the cone is hard. This is so the rocket top doesn’t get crushed upon landing.
5. Cover the paper on the pen with crepe paper. Leave the bottom clear (about 1/4 inch or so is fine).
6. Squeeze some liquid glue into the top of the rocket cone. You don’t need a lot but make sure you put enough in to hold the cone onto the pen. I put some in and swirled the pen around in there to make sure it was covered and then squeezed the cone around the pen a bit to make sure it stuck.

Shoot Your Rocket Flyer
1. Take a big rubber band and put it around a chair with slats.

2. Pull both pieces of rubber band back, hold the smushed end of the rocket onto the rubber bands, and let fly.

https://brainpowerboy.com/activities-for-boys-make-a-super-fun-rocket-flyer/

Tags

• craft
• Rocket

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