Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Rocket Craft

This term, we're focusing on crafts linked to some of the songs we love to sing at coffee and snack time. One of the children's favourites. is 'Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, We're going to the Moon'. To be fair, it's one of my favourites too! 

The finished article

The craft is a simple one, that we first used for Bonfire Night, a few years ago. Now that some of our older ones have moved on, it seems the perfect time to revisit this craft.

Equipment:

• cardboard rolls (kitchen roll tubes, cut in half)

• coloured/shiny paper

• card circles with cut to the centre

• PVA glue/glue spreaders

• stickers

• shiny or brightly coloured paper

• curling ribbon

• washi tape/stickers/embellishments

• sellotape/scissors

Preparation:

• cut card circles

• cut coloured paper to cover tubes

• cut short lengths of curling ribbon

• collect cardboard rolls

Method:

1. Cover cardboard tube with coloured paper, using PVA glue to stick. *

2. Form paper circle into a cone, use tape or glue to fix overlapping parts together.

3. Apply glue to one end of the cardboard tube. Place the glued end into the paper cone and press into place.

4. Use sticky tape to fasten short lengths of curling ribbon into the other end of the cardboard tube.

5. Embellish the sides of the rocket, using stickers and washi tape.

6. Ensure each rocket is named, before being left on the 'Home' table to dry.

Work in progress

* Alternatively, you could paint the rocket, suing a mixture of PVA and poster paint, but you may run the risk of it still being quite wet by home time and also, it might be hard to apply some embellishments, although the glue in the paint might help them stick.