Happy last day of June!!! It's Tiffany here. Can you believe it's already this time of year? I sure can't. I love it though. I'm back with another paper project that is super fun for all ages. It all started, when i saw this tutorial. I've been collecting my supplies for a couple weeks now, and then I found the tutorial that really tipped me off here. I used hot glue instead of staples. I wanted a more clean look. Let's get started.
- Toilet paper or paper towel rolls (as many as you would like to make. I have plenty left over, as I had family members collecting them for me too.)
-American Made patterned paper (so patriotic and beautiful)
-String - to attatch to the top of your rocket.
-Ribbon or other desired embellishments.
I measured and glued my papers to the toilet paper rolls and traced a cup to creat the top cone. I glued a string to the inside of the cone shape before I glued the cone to my rocket.
Then I made my streamers. I love to use up every inch of paper that I can so I made a bunch of strips from the scrap American Made paper. I was going to curl it with a pencil, but decided I wanted a smalled tassle and smaller swirl.
I cut my strips into smaller sections leaving about 1/2 inch at the top of the strip. I cut them into 2-4 smaller sections depending on the size of my strip.
Then I used a crotchet hook to wrap my strips around.
I then had a variety of colors and textures for my fun little rocket tassles/streamers. I mixed them all together for each rocket.
I glued the streamers to the inside-bottom of the cone. Garnish them with a little matching ribbons.
And tie them up for a darling holiday decoration. We recently remodeled our kitchen. We got crazy and knocked out the wall between our living/family room and our kitchen. I now have a giant living space, so i put these in my kitchen window hanging from the curtain rod... so cute. My 2 year old loves to count them, and yell "3,2,1 BLASTOFF!" Did I mention they are super easy/quick to make.... perfect timing for that last minute decor.
Wouldn't they be so cute on a little skewer too in some old fashioned bottles? You know, like little bottle rockets? Yeah, I thought so.
Check back tomorrow for another paper crafting idea with American Made.
So fun! Thanks for the idea. My kidlets are making some of these now....only we don't have any of the super cute American Made paper. *pout* ;)
Posted by: Amy Ekins | July 01, 2011 at 02:37 PM