Cardboard rocket. Children's recycling craft

If your child likes everything related to space, Universe, planets, spaceships, aliens, astronauts ... Guiainfantil.com has a surprise for him. A very easy and simple craft to make: this beautiful rocket with recycled materials, so that your son builds it and 'wings' his fantasy and imagination. Han

Handwork is a very interesting activity for children, it develops their motor skills and also their imagination. You can decorate a birthday party with space motifs or hang it from the ceiling of your room.

Materials

One roll of kitchen paper
White cardboard
Red cardboard
Pencil
Markers or waxes
Glue
Scissors
Zeal
Ruler
Stickers (optional)

How to make a rocket with a kitchen paper tube

1. Put glue on the roll of kitchen paper. Cut a white card with the same length as the tube and wrap it with it. If necessary, paste the edges with zeal.

2. Make four cuts at the base of the tube, so that it is divided into four equal parts. Each cut should be about 5 cm. long.

3. Draw two triangles of 13 cm on the red card. of base and 10 cm. high approximately. Make a cut in each triangle, in one in the middle of the base and in the other by the vertex. Slide the triangles through the cuts so that they fit and form a base.

4. Cut out a circle of red cardboard 10 centimeters in diameter. Mark the diameter with a ruler and make a cut halfway, the center of the circle. Fold the circle to form a cone, paste it with zeal or glue.

5. Place the cone on the top of the rocket, with glue or heat, and fix the base made with the triangles in the same way. Decorate the rocket with stickers, and colored markers.