Monday 10 September 2012

Cardboard box space rocket


When I look at which pages are looked at most on my blog, it's actually my cardboard box posts which are always top of the list. Everyone loves a cardboard box! I now have a new label of "cardboard box" to find more cardboard box posts. Over the summer friends have commented on our cardboard box castle, but it has now transformed into a space rocket.

This obsession with space started at the Science Museum in London where the kids were really excited to see actual rockets and a real piece of the moon. The Boy has decided he wants to go to the moon - NOW! (Add stamping feet to that statement).

Us at the Science Museum
We bought a 99p roll of value tin foil and set about changing our castle into a space rocket. The cone on top was made with some wrapping paper stuck onto lining paper to strengthen it.

Here's the inside of our rocket. We have bottle top buttons and a control panel made from the inside of a chocolate box. I even found an old piece of scrapbooking paper with planets on which we made into a navigation screen (by sticking it onto a cereal box).




2 comments:

  1. I wish I lived in your house you have had so much fun with cardboard boxes. hahaha

    Have you ever read the children's book "Beryl's Box"by Lisa Taylor? It's a great book and all about the fun you can have with a plan cardboard box. My kids used to love it! :)

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    1. That book sounds perfect for us! Maybe I'll put it on my Christmas list.

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