MAKE PAPER FIREWORKS!

October 29, 2022 Leave a comment

Let's make fun, exploding rockets!

Here are a couple of exploding firework rockets!

In this post, I am going to show you how to recycle colourful throw-outs and make paper fireworks!

So hold on to your inner tubes and some packaging!

Please do remember the 5th of November!

I would hear this song back in the day when every 5th of November it was sung! ‘Please do remember the 5th of November…….Does that ring a bell with anyone?

LET’S CELEBRATE!

Yes, it’s nearly bonfire night in the UK, where this particular date is annually celebrated! and in this post, I will show you how to make very simple paper fireworks!

WHAT IS BONFIRE NIGHT!

So what is bonfire night? let’s roll back time to at least 400 years ago around 1605.

WHO IS GUY FAWKES?

When a catholic man called Guy Fawkes and a group of dissidents, devised a plot to blow up the house of lords with gunpowder.

WHY?

King James I, was a protestant ruler, and Guy Fawkes, a Catholic wanted to kill him, as he believed the Catholics were badly treated and he wanted a Catholic monarch.

JUST IN TIME!

The King was warned about this, through a note and Guy Fawkes was captured! He was found guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder and was executed horribly!

ANNUALLY ON THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER!

This happened on the 5th of November and to celebrate the failure of Guy Fawkes plot, every year on the 5th of November in the UK this is remembered and we have bonfire night with fireworks.

Here is a short video on the history of bonfire night and Guy Fawkes.

MY INTENTIONS!

Within this post, we are going to make paper fireworks or two from your recycled junk!

I am looking to make a rocket with sparks, swirls, and twirls. As if rotating swooshing off into the dark sky!

LET’S VISUALIZE!

This will be a very straightforward project and quite fun for your kids to do. You just need a bit of imagination and try to capture the blasting off, of a rocket!

FIND PATTERNED OR COLOURED!

You will need to look for colourful throw-outs that you can cut and add to your rocket-making.

YOUR CHOICE!

There will be lots of parts to glue on and paint, and as always you can follow the way I have shown you or you can leave out especially for the younger kids the parts that may be a bit hard for them to do!

HERE ARE A CHOICE OF RESOURCES!

A large collection of resources to practice with and go with a bang!
  • A colourful paper bag.
  • Colourful packaging.
  • 2 long cardboard inner tubes.
  • 4-5 smaller inner tubes.
  • Bright coloured acrylic paints.
  • Med/large paintbrushes.
  • Hot glue gun/waxes.
  • Colourful pipe cleaners.
  • Colourful straws or a bit of stiff card for the rocket stick.
  • Pencil/broad marker pen.
  • Cones or make cones.
  • Double sided tape/sellotape.

ARE YOU READY?

1) One paper carrier bag and one long tube.
1) One paper carrier bag and one long tube.
2) Trim down to cover tube.
2) Trim down to cover tube.
3) Run double sided tape along the tube and stick paper around tube.
3) Run double sided tape along the tube and stick paper around tube.
4) This is the finished look.
4) This is the finished look.
5) Cut up sections from all your chosen packaging.
5) Cut up sections from all your chosen packaging.
6) Draw a simple star triangle then upside down triangle.
6) Draw a simple star triangle then upside down triangle.
7) Cut out as many as you require.
7) Cut out as many as you require.
8) Curl around broand marker all the long strips of carrier paper.
8) Curl around broand marker all the long strips of carrier paper.
9) Curl around pencil and broad marker all the pipe cleaners as shown.
9) Curl around pencil and broad marker all the pipe cleaners as shown.
10) Sellotape or use hot glue gun to stick the stars on to pipe cleaners and strips fo paper.
10) Sellotape or use hot glue gun to stick the stars on to pipe cleaners and strips fo paper.
11) No get ready to paint up everything.
11) No get ready to paint up everything.
12) Paint one long tube and the smaller ones and the cones.
12) Paint one long tube and the smaller ones and the cones.
13) Follow the diagonal line on the tube and cut all the way around in thin strips, keep going round and round.
13) Follow the diagonal line on the tube and cut all the way around in thin strips, keep going round and round.
14) You can paint the insides if you like. These wil be inserted inside the bottom of tube and around the main body of the tube.
14) You can paint the insides if you like. These wil be inserted inside the bottom of tube and around the main body of the tube.
15) Squash some newspaper and stuff inside tube.
15) Squash some newspaper and stuff inside tube.
16) Then add hot glue onto the newspaper and attach the cone on each tube.
16) Then add hot glue onto the newspaper and attach the cone on each tube.
17) Use hot glue and add the curly stars, and glue a curly tube inside the bottom of each tube, then glue a straw inside each rocket.
17) Use hot glue and add the curly stars, and glue a curly tube inside the bottom of each tube, then glue a straw inside each rocket.
18) Rockets have all parts glued on now. Cones, stars, curly paper, curly tube inside the bottom and straw as rocket stick.
18) Rockets have all parts glued on now. Cones, stars, curly paper, curly tube inside the bottom and straw as rocket stick.
19) Here is two rockets exploding together.
19) Here is two rockets exploding together.
20) Up up and away they go!
20) Up up and away they go!
21) To make a simple cone, if you don't have any is to find approx. A4 wide paper and medium size plate and draw around it.
21) To make a simple cone, if you don't have any is to find approx. A4 wide paper and medium size plate and draw around it.
22) Cut out the circle.
22) Cut out the circle.
23) Fold in half.
23) Fold in half.
24) Twist to form a cone and use a peg to hold it in place.
24) Twist to form a cone and use a peg to hold it in place.
25) Put the tube inside cone and twist it to have a tighter fit.
25) Put the tube inside cone and twist it to have a tighter fit.
26) Sellotape to hold and this is your cone.
26) Sellotape to hold and this is your cone.
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How did you find this project? I like to break some barriers and push projects as far as I can., especially when using recycled throw-outs.

A SUGGESTION!

If all the curly wurly parts are too complex for the younger kids to do, then you can leave that bit out.

   SOME TIPS!

  • I gathered as many resources as I thought might come in handy for this project.

    WHAT RESOURCES?

  • The main resources will be colourful carrier bag, I just happened to have, inner tubes, and any colourful packaging.
  • Organize all your resources.

    NO PIPE CLEANERS?

  • If you don’t have pipe cleaners, then you can use heavy coloured papers or cards and cut these into strips.
  • Once you have your strips you can wind them around the pencil or marker to get that curl.

    BE ORGANIZED!

  • Cut all the packaging into parts to be your stars and then draw up small to large stars.

    DRAW STARS!

  • I didn’t have a star template to hand but instead drew a triangle and an upside-down triangle to make a 6-pointed star.
  • Or if you like you can draw up freehand a 5-pointed star.

    PAINT FREE!

  • Use disposable gloves when painting as this can get a bit messy.
  • Leave all painted tubes to dry before gluing them on.

    COVER AREA!

  • When you start painting cover your area with some newspaper to protect the surface.

    DESIGN ROCKET!

  • Before gluing parts on, hold them against the tube to see if they look good, there then glue them on.

    MAKE CONES!

  • I have little disposable cones, if you haven’t anything like this, simply follow the example in the image carousel to make one of your own.

    STRAW OR CARD?

  • I used one straw as the rocket stick, if you don’t have any then as an option you can cut a strip of hard cardboard as an alternative.  

Resources and great rocket ideas!

Check out here for an array of fun ideas and resources!

Are you looking for some more rocket inspiration and fun projects to do with your kids?

Then look no further you can find just the right resources to help make or embellish your rockets at ‘Baker Ross!’

CHECKOUT THESE FUN ROCKETS!

From easy hide-your-treat rockets to colour-in straw shooter rockets and more!

Jump in and see what else they have to offer for your kids to do for bonfire night, even good old Guy Fawkes!

Wooden, clever games!

SEE BELOW

How about some creative, well-made rocket games, that will entertain and keep your kids busy? Check out KIDLY UK!

WHACKING HAMMER GAME!

Below the whacking hammer game is a great way for your kids to work on aim, focus and use fine motor skills, hand, and eye coordination! Suitable from 18 months-

UNDERSTANDING AND FUN!

Hammer those astronauts down, bang, bang, bang! Then slide the door to get them out again! This is also a nice piece to grace anyone’s bedroom!

SILVER MAGNETIC ROCKET!

How about a silver magnetic rocket? This is a great wooden stacking toy for your kids to take apart and put back together again! Suitable from 2 years-

BLOCK BUILDING!

In the middle of the rocket, is a little man that will help guide loading up the five different sections that are held together with magnets!

Another nice piece to display, instead of packing away!

GREAT TOYS!

Both toys have 5-star ratings and are a great way for your kids to have fun or act out the launching and flying of these super easy robust rockets! 

Whacking hammer game.

Here are a couple of fun rocket games for your kids to play with”

Silver magnetic rocket.

Hey there, when you click on links in this post and you make a purchase, I may earn a small commission that l can use towards resources (other than throw-outs) for project making within my website😀

(affliate disclosure)

TO CONCLUDE!

Within this post, I have shown you how to make a couple of exploding paper firework rockets!

THROW OUTS!

I tried to make use of whatever throw-outs I could find, especially any coloured papers or packaging that I could use within this project.

TUBES!

Inner tubes are always in abundance, so hold on to them, and always keep an eye on anything else that could be of use.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROCKETS!

Instead of a simple typical-looking rocket, I show you how to add extra parts to make it look more like the rockets have come alive and are blasting off!

FUN PROJECTS!

So get cracking as bonfire night is nearly upon us and this would be a firey fun project to have you and your kids’ craft together and make a night of it!

DISPLAY ROCKETS!

Just think, these rockets would look fabulous hung up within some netting, if you do anything with a firework theme!

FINAL NOTE!

Here’s wishing you a brilliant exploding, sparkling 5th of November and happy crafting!

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