How to make your Very Own Space Rocket
How to make your Very Own Space Rocket
THE MOON? MARS? Pick your space target. To get your rocket ready for the launch pad and countdown you will need Materials: newspapers to cover work space: round oatmeal or cornmeal box; masking tape; light weight cardboard: white glue: salt box: (for a super rocket two boxes): three empty spools: paint. Tools needed: pencil: ruler; scissors: compass or other circle maker: paintbrush.
Tape the cover onto an oatmeal or cornmeal box. Cut four fins from cardboard. Each fin should be a triangle 4 inches at the bottom and the same height as the oatmeal or cornmeal box.
Glue and tape the fins to the box. On a piece of cardboard, draw a half circle with a 7-inch radius. Cut out the half circle and roll it onto a cone.
Adjust the bottom of the cone until it just fits the top of a salt box. The tape the con’s seam and tape the cone to the box.
Cut four cone fins from cardboard. The fins should be the same height as the side of the cone (or, for a super rocket, the same height as the salt box) and 3 inches wide at the bottom.
Glue and tape the fins to the cone. For a super rocket, attach the fins to the salt box instead. Then glue this salt box on top of a second salt box.
Now glue the salt box (or boxes) to the oatmeal box, being careful to line up the top fins with the bottom fins.
Glue three spools to the bottom of the oatmeal box. These are your rocket’s engines.
When the glue is dry paint your rocket. Mars has never looked better!
