Rubber Band Rocket Racers

Learn how to make these fun rubber wreath rockets that your kids can launch through the sky over and over again.

Today we’re going to turn toilet paper rolls into toy rockets that launch well-spoken up into the air and are super fun to play with. With the help of Duck craft tape, they’re shiny and glittery and really tomfool looking. The Duck Mirror Tape is soooooo shiny and adds a space vibe to the rockets for sure.

This post is sponsored by Duck Brand.

Summer is scrutinizingly over, so I’m trying to squeeze in a few increasingly fun days with my kids surpassing they go when to school. We recently made these rockets and they were so much fun that I knew I needed to share the tutorial with you so you can make them too.

Here are the supplies you will need:

Materials Needed

Duck Mirror Crafting Tape
Duck Glitter Crafting Tape
White Duck Tape
Cardboard Tube
Large Rubber Bands (File Bands – 7 Inches)
Crepe Paper Party Streamers
Printable Template (Linked Below)
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun Glue Sticks

You can purchase wafer-thin tubes specifically made for crafting. I linked them in the materials list. I like to purchase a package of toilet paper and remove the part-way rolls from the paper surpassing they are overly put in the bathroom. The paper is still totally usable and then I can have as many tubes as I need. Gift wrap or paper towel tubes would work as well if you cut the length down.

Instructions

Step 1: Cover the wafer-thin tube with mirror tape.

Step 2: Download the printable template at the marrow of this post. Print it out onto white cardstock.

Step 3: Cover the cone template piece with Duck Glitter Crafting Tape. Cut out the circle, cut a slit to the center, then cut out the smaller part-way circle.

Step 4: Slip the rubber wreath through the part-way slum and nail the end to the when side with a piece of Duck Tape. Roll the whirligig into a cone shape and secure with hot glue.

how to make a rocket that launches via rubber band

Step 5: Nail the cone to one end of the wafer-thin tube using a generous value of hot glue.

Step 6: Cover both sides of the fin shapes on the printed template with Duck Glitter Crafting Tape. Cut them out, then fold withal the dotted line. Use hot glue to nail the fins to the sides of the wafer-thin tube. Make sure theyre evenly spaced.

Step 7: Cut long pieces of streamer, then nail them inside the unshut end of the wafer-thin tube.

To make your Duck Tape rocket fly, pull the rubber wreath tight with one finger while holding on to the rocket with the other hand. Let go of the rocket and watch it fly!

DOWNLOAD THE PRINTABLE TEMPLATE HERE

Note: This file is on Google Drive. Some employers, expressly school districts, woodcut wangle to Google Drive. If you can’t wangle the files, try then on an unrestricted computer.