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Ribbon Rocket

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Are you looking for a fun interactive summer craft for kids?  This ribbon rocket is a great one for camp, birthday parties, or just to keep your kids busy. You only need to things to make it, too so it is cheap and very easy!

Ribbon rocket - homemade toy

 

How To Make a Ribbon Rocket:

All you need is a toilet paper roll and some ribbon. You can make it fancier by decorating the toilet paper rolls. My son made his look like a little rocket by adding on some wings and a man sitting in it.

Rocket made from a toilet paper roll and ribbon

 

Cut two long strings of curling ribbon. I did them quite long (several feet), but made sure they were even. Thread them through the rocket and have someone on each end holding the two ribbons.

Ribbon Rocket - Summer Craft

To make the rocket go, pull the rocket all the way up to one person. Then pull the two ribbons apart and the rocket will shoot across to the other side. Then keep it going back and forth the same way.

rocket in action

 

Here is a video of how to make the ribbon rocket work. Sometimes it is just easier to see it in action. It took us a minute to get it going.

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10 Comments

  1. Great post! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams, starts on Fridays 😀 Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party.

  2. That is a fantastic use of a toilet paper roll!

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

  3. I love this – going to make it a morning activity over the summer with decorating the rocket and then get the kids to race them.

    Thanks for linking up to Tuesday Tots just to let you know that I will be featuring you this week over on Rainy Day Mum.

  4. Thanks so much for sharing at Mom’s Library! We still have the Ultimate Guide to Summer linky going. We would love for you to link up more posts. We are always looking for more ideas.

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