We are blasting off today with our super EASY Paper Rocket Puppet kid craft tutorial!
It’s perfect for pretend play ANY day of the year. Just craft it up and hold it with your fingers as it “blasts” you off into hours of fun afterwards. Keep scrolling for all the details and free rocket ship printable!
Rocket Ship Craft Idea For Kids
As always, at Glued To My Crafts we want to encourage you to do something creative every day. But we know sometimes it can be a little overwhelming.
This is why I strive to make it as simple as I can for my readers.
My favorite tutorials as of late have been a basic print, color and cut type craft. Today’s space rocket idea is just one of the latest craft-visions I have come up with. We are going to turn basic white paper into puppet masterpieces that are perfect for outer space!
Inspired by some pretty orange curling ribbon I recently found at my local Dollar Tree {it reminded me of flames coming from a spaceship} I’m going to share ALL the details of how to make this paper space rocket come to life within minutes. Then we are going to add a simple popsicle stick to the bottom of our masterpieces, so it can become a “toy” that you can play with afterwards.
So let the countdown begin as we make paper rocket ships together! 3-2-1 – BLAST OFF! Find all the details and free download below.
Happy crafting, my friends! Don’t forget to take pictures of the magic coming alive and then further the creativity by using our special branded hashtag #gluedtomycrafts on your social media sites or tag us directly on Facebook, for others to see as well! We can’t wait to see your paper rocket puppets in action!
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Craft Supplies:
- Free Rocket Template File {grab it on box.com}
- White Cardstock Paper
- Color Printer
- Crayons, Colored Pencils, Markers etc.
- Paper Craft Scissors
- Orange Curling Ribbon
- Hand-Held Office Stapler
- Jumbo Popsicle Sticks w/Adhesive Tips
- optional materials – embellishments like stickers, glitter glue, rhinestones
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Directions:
- First things first – print out our FREE “rocket” printable. One print makes ONE rocket craft.
- Once you have the rocket printable printed out, grab your choice of coloring medium and your scissors.
- Color in your rocket in the printable, however you like. Make it your own and add custom touches.
- When you are done decorating it, go ahead and use scissors to trim out the rocket design.
- Discard excess paper.
- Grab the stapler and orange curling ribbon.
- Stapler it to the bottom of the paper rocket to create “flames.”
- Next, remove the adhesive tab on one popsicle stick.
- Secure it in place on the back of your rocket design.
- Last step – hold the piece by the popsicle stick, FLY your paper spaceship piece around and enjoy your awesome handmade creation!
- Enjoy!
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Customize It:
- Instead of orange curling ribbon for the spaceship flames, you can use orange colored ribbon scraps, yarn, paper or even tissue paper strips from your craft stash.
- Don’t have the adhesive tip popsicle sticks? No worries. Just pull out the school glue or hot glue gun to secure a regular popsicle stick in place.
- Another way to enjoy this craft and make it your own – cut out the small center of the window in the rocket and add your child’s face for a custom look!
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At Glued To My Crafts, we crafts that start with just a piece of paper. If you loved today’s paper rocket ship puppet tutorial, be sure to check out our Teacup Card, Chalk Art Jellyfish and Handprint Owl Hug craft posts to get inspired from as well!
Also thank you to dailyarthub.com for the rocket graphic in today’s post!
Paper Rocket Ship Puppet
Supplies:
- Curling Ribbon
- Cardstock Paper
- Jumbo Popsicle Sticks w/Adhesive Tips
Instructions:
- First print out our provided printable, in color, on a single sheet of white cardstock paper. You only need one print per craft.
- Once you have the rocket printable printed out, grab your choice of coloring medium and your scissors.
- Color in your rocket in the printable, however you like. Make it your own and add custom touches.
- When you are done decorating it, go ahead and use scissors to trim out the rocket design.
- Discard excess paper.
- Grab the stapler and orange curling ribbon.
- Stapler it to the bottom of the paper rocket to create "flames."
- Next, remove the adhesive tab on one popsicle stick.
- Secure it in place on the back of your rocket design.
- Last step - hold the piece by the popsicle stick, FLY your paper spaceship piece around and enjoy your awesome handmade creation!
- Enjoy!
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