Boys are very fond of space toys. Armed with a rocket from a plastic bottle, you can arrange real Star Wars. To make it, you need half an hour of time, a plastic bottle, multi-colored paper, cardboard, glue and tape.
The process of creating a space rocket
Take a regular plastic bottle of lemonade or other liquid. It should be intact. Sometimes there is a special coating on the bottle, on which you can paint with ordinary paint. It is necessary that the body looks like a rocket. Have your child come up with a name for the spaceship and write it down.
The top of the rocket should be on the bottom of the bottle. Take a piece of colored paper and roll it into a cone. Wrap tape around the cone to keep it from falling apart. You can use special duct tape or colored tape. Attach the cone to the bottom of the bottle. If the cone sticks weakly to the glue, additionally use tape.
In order for the rocket to stand, it is necessary to make a base. To do this, cut 4 triangles out of thick colored paper. It is desirable that the color of the paper is the same as that of the cone. Attach the triangles to the bottom of the rocket so that it rests on them and stands firmly. Use scotch tape for reliability. To make the structure even, place the rocket on the neck and only then attach the triangles.
Water rocket
In order to make a water rocket, or a hydro-rocket, you need two plastic bottles and a ping-pong ball. Cut off the top of one of the bottles, measuring 10 cm from the neck. Then cut off the neck and insert the ping-pong ball into the hole. To keep it tight, grease it with glue. Attach the resulting cone to the bottom of the second bottle. Wrap the joint tightly with tape. The rocket body itself can be pasted over with colored tape and drawings can be made on it.
The launch process is the same for both a space rocket and a waterborne one. Fill the rocket one third with water through the neck at the bottom. Close the neck with a lid and make a small hole in it. The hole should be large enough to accommodate the drift cord. A bicycle pump can be used. Insert the cord into this hole and push until it reaches the middle of the bottle. The cord should go in tightly so that there is no free space in the hole.
If you are launching a space rocket, point it up and hold it by the neck. Now pump air into the bottle. There will be a lot of pressure inside. Release the rocket: it will take off, and the water will splash out.
When launching a hydro-rocket, direct it into the water and repeat all the same actions as with a conventional rocket.
