How to Make a Cardboard Tube Rocket Ship

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How to Make a Cardboard Tube Rocket Ship

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Create plenty of play and astral adventures for your little space people with this simple and quick space rocket made from cardboard tubes.

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Metallic Silver Ready Mixed Shimmer Paint 300ml

Orange and Yellow Tissue Paper 50cm x 75cm 6 Pack

You Will Need
* Acrylic Paint - Red and Silver
* Tissue Paper - Red, Orange and Yellow
* Cardboard Tubes
* Glitter Glue
* Sequins
* Card
* Cardboard
* Pencil
* Tape
* Masking Tape
* Scissors
* Toy Spaceman

Step-1

Select your cardboard tubes – we picked two small and two medium pieces. Start by making the compartment for your little spaceman (we built ours to fit a happyland figure, but lego or duplo figures would fit too!). Take a piece of card and draw around the base of one of the tubes. Remove the tube then draw another rough circle, about a centimetre bigger than the tube, around the first circle. Repeat this step.

Step-2

Cut out the circle, then make little snips to the small circle and fold these in to form tabs.

Step-3

Tape the circles into the bottom of two small tubes (larger ones would be trickier!) – these will go on either size of the spaceman's compartment, to ensure he doesn't slide up or down the rocket.

Step-4

Get your spaceman and cut a hole from a tube big enough for him to fit. Then stick your tubes together using masking tape – ensuring the pieces with the cardboard discs are at the top and bottom of the compartment piece.

Step-5

Make a sturdy base for the bottom of the rocket by cutting triangles from card and taping in place.

Step-6

Make the top cone by cutting a circle (we drew around sticky tape) then cutting a third of the circle away. Twist in to create a cone shape, then tape together and glue in place.