DIY Toilet Paper Roll Rocket
Start saving your toilet paper rolls to make this amazing paper rocket ship craft!
Servings: 1 rocket ship
Cost: $2
Equipment
- 1 paintbrush small
- 1 1" hole punch
- 1 pair of scissors
- 1 drinking glass or coaster to trace a circle with
Ingredients
- 1 toilet paper tube
- acrylic paint
- 1 piece aluminum foil, cardstock or construction paper to wrap around the roll
- cardstock or construction paper for windows, cone, and wings of rocket
- glue stick or low temp glue gun
- crepe paper or streamers for rocket flames
- popsicle sticks or craft sticks
Instructions
- Cover the toilet paper tube by either painting it with a small brush, or covering it with aluminum foil and tucking the top and bottom edges into the tube, or by cutting a rectangle of paper the height of the tube and gluing it onto the tube.
- To make the cone, use a drinking glass or coaster to trace a circle onto the back of your card stock/paper and cut the circle out with scissors. Cut a slice into the circle halfway to the center.
- Flip your paper circle right side up and overlap the cut edges of the slice you made into the circle so that it creates a cone shape. Glue the overlap in place and glue the cone to the top of the rocket body.
- To create the windows, punch some 1" holes out of paper with a hole punch (or just cut circles if you don't have a punch) and glue your windows onto the front of your rocket.
- To create wings, cut a triangle shape out of paper and just cut the tip off so it has a flat top instead of a point. Fold it in half and cut down the middle crease so you have two halves. Fold the wing a little along the line you just cut so you have a flap to glue the wing on and glue in place on the sides of the rocket.
- To create flames, cut an 8" long piece of streamer (or two if you're using two colors as shown) and cut the streamers into three long sections, leaving the very top part attached. Glue your streamers to the inside back of your toilet paper tube and glue a popsicle stick on top so your rocket has a handle. Now you're ready to play!