Paper Rockets

For this activity you will need:

• A copy of the Rocket Template for each child (3 per page).
• Scissors
• Sellotape
• Wooden dowels sharpened to a point at one end or thick pencils
• Bendy straws
• felt tips and other materials to decorate the rockets.

Instructions for making the rocket:

You can download the instructions for file below

The basic steps are:

• Cut out the 3 shapes from the template
  
  
• Wind the body round the dowel or pencil and sellotape closed
• Cut small slits into the top of the tube you have just made
  
• Twist round the pointed end of the dowel or pencil to make a cone shape and secure with tape
  
• Fold the fins along the dotted lines
• Attach fins to the other end of tube with thin strips of tape
  
• Insert straw and blow