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Make a Cardboard Rocket Pencil Holder Part 2

In this part of the tutorial I show you how to roll the cardboard and how to make the rocket.

 

 

Form and tape into a circle

Now you can easily roll the cardboard sheet into a cylinder. And note the direction of the corrugations. You can't roll with the corrugations going the other way. Put a few pieces of tape on it to hold the shape.

 

Roll around a bottle

You can also use a cylindrical object as a mold. Wrap that corrugated cardboard around that and tape it in place. In the case of an 11 inch cardboard piece and a 20 ounce bottle of water you will need to trim the cardboard down a little bit.

You can also make little holders like this to hold the shape of the cylinder.

The braces

 

Okay, set that cylinder aside to let it dry. Let's make some other parts.

Now use the template to measure and cut out four fins.

Cut out the fins

 

Next make a cover for the bottom of the rocket. Put the rocket cylinder on cardboard like this and draw a line around it. Then cut out that circle.

Measure a circle

 

Glue it onto the bottom of the rocket.

Glue on to the bottom

 

Now make the nose cone. In the template there is a half circle shape. That is the nose cone. Cut it out and trace it onto the piece of cardboard paper you wet removed. Then cut it out and form it into a cone and glue it.

Cut the half circle

 

Fold the cone into shape

 

Glue on the nose cone

 

Let's make the rocket spout. Cut a one inch wide strip of paper and form it into a circle.

1 inch wide strip

 

Glue on the exhaust

 

Glue on the fins

You can see that the rocket body has a seam in it. You can optionally cover this seam by cutting a two inch wide strip of paper, applying glue to it then placing it over the seam.

Glue the strip

 

apply the piece

 

apply it

 

Okay! The rocket is completed. You are good here. But, we can take it to another level by turning it into a pencil holder.

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