These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission, to explore brave new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before! So, that’s where my mind goes immediately when talking about space. Right now my kids are all about Buzz Lightyear and space books, so for a fun Book and Activity that is going to turn into a fun toy, we made a recycled space rocket craft.
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Hi, This is Future Ticia 2025, and I’m updating this post to actually reference the books I read, or books that might still be in print, and give you better instructions than I wrote back then.
Space Rocket craft supplies
empty 2-liter bottle, white acrylic paint, exacto knife, sharpies, foam core board or cardboard
Future Ticia is going to suggest: Astronauts on the Space Station and Journey to Mars for nonfiction books. Then Goodnight Astronaut and The Darkest Dark. I’ll admit I’m grabbing a few of the books from the library list out of the dozens I found on my search because the books we read back in 2010 are no longer there.
How to make a recycled space rocket craft
1. Paint the outside of your soda bottle (by the way, thanks to our MOPS group for drinking large amounts of soda, and letting me take these home, which saved me from shoving large quantities of soda down my kids’ throats).
PS: In theory, this could be really cool looking, swirling around paint on the inside.
2. Cut a hole in your bottle (McDonald’s toy optional). If your kid desires, you can then tape the door back on to make a hinge.
Then of course, your kid can decide he needs to randomly put some tape on their space shuttle…….
3. Decorate it with the Sharpies.
Meanwhile, at some point, while the kids are distracted or because the kids won’t leave you alone until their rockets have wings. Cut a wing shape out of the foam core board or cardboard.
4. Glue the wings on using a hot glue gun because the kids do not have patience for regular glue to dry.
The kids have been very excitedly playing with them ever since we finished them.
The problem I’ve got is that Batman desperately wants to shoot his rocket up in the air. You know, like a real spaceship, with fire and all……..
Books inspiring this:
Astronauts, Launch Day,
Okay, so opinion question, y’all. I’m having a moral quandary. I’ve read several different articles talking about Amazon carrying books and images that encourage pedophilia (this one they removed), but I read another article that says there is still some on their site. But the second article, I’m having a harder time finding evidence for. So, has anyone seen any further information on this?
I don’t want to use Amazon or provide links to it until I’m sure this is resolved (and yes, I know there is a “free speech” issue here, but there is also a moral issue of not exploiting children that, to my mind, trumps free speech).
I’ve applied to be a Barnes and Noble affiliate, but I don’t know if they’ve got an interface like Amazon has. Sigh, so much to think about.
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