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Hands on Crafts For Kids is the resource for kids craft projects and instructions for kids 6-12 and parents, teachers and other group leaders. It includes school and curriculum based projects,  multi cultural projects, and every day, holiday and seasonal ideas.

It is  the online home of the public television program Hands On Crafts for Kids.

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Age Range: 7 to 12

Grade Range: 2 to 6

Skill Level: Advanced

Appropriate for These Special Events:
Pretend Play, Every Day and Rainy Days

Supports Subject Area(s) of:
Language Arts – e.g. step by step instructions
Mathematics - measuring
Visual Arts

Time needed for project:
2 hours plus drying time

SODA BOTTLE ROCKET SHIP

Materials needed:

1. Elmer’s® Painters Opaque Paint Markers
2. 12” FloraCraft® Styrofoam™ Brand ½” thick Sheet
3. Two matching soda bottles
4. Silver or white paint
5. Foam brush
6. Duct tape
7. Scissors
8. Cardboard or snow-cone paper
9. Fin pattern

Directions:

1. Remove labels from the bottles. Rinse out bottles thoroughly and let dry. Save one cap.
2.  Measure down 1/3 of the way from the neck of one of the bottles. Using pointy scissors, poke a hole in and cut all the way around.
3.  Place the cut-off neck on the END of the other plastic bottle. It will slide on. Using foam brush, paint the rocket. You can use the cut-off end to stabilize the rocket.  Let dry. Apply a second coat brushing in the opposite direction for complete coverage.
4. Print out fin pattern. Cut out with scissors. Trace onto foam sheet and cut out with a plastic knife. Make 3 fins. Using duct tape, cut lengths long enough to adhere to bottle. Each fin needs 2 pieces of tape. Adhere fins to bottle.
5.  Paint cone to match the bottle. Let dry. (You can also create a cone out of a circle of construction paper.) Use small strips of duct tape to adhere to bottle.
6.  Using painter’s markers, create flames, logos, and other fun decorations.

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