This Bright and Colorful Toilet Paper Roll Rocket Craft is the perfect way to make use of any empty paper rolls or cardboard tubes lying around!

Imagine you’re out on a walk one day when an egg falls on your head. But wait, it’s not a regular egg – it’s a space egg! You need to get it back to space before it hatches, which means you need a rocket ASAP!

If that sounds like an interesting story, there are many more like it in these fun rocket books for kids!

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Fun Books about Rockets for Kids

Bizzy Bear: Space Rocket by Benji Davies
Edward Built a Rocket Ship by Michael Rack
Roaring Rockets (Amazing Machines) by Tony Mitton
Pine & Boof: Blast Off! by Ross Burach
Tiny Little Rocket by Richard Collingridge

Some of these books feature the protagonist building their own rocket, so if you’d like to try your hand at it, you’ve come to the right place! Here is an easy and colorful toilet paper roll rocket craft for kids to make and play with!

Bright and Colorful Toilet Paper Roll Rocket

Supplies required:

Empty toilet paper roll or cardboard tube
Craft paper in assorted colors
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Ruler
Sharpies or markers in different colors
Paints – acrylic or poster

How to make the Toilet Paper Roll Rocket Craft:

1. Let’s start with the main element of our toilet paper roll rocket – the paper roll! You can use a regular-size one, but if you want to make a larger rocket, a kitchen paper roll would work better.

2. Gently press down on the toilet paper roll to flatten it a little, as shown in the image below.

3. Download and print the Toilet Paper Roll Rocket template. The template includes the outline of the rocket, as well as the flame and ‘windows’. Cut out the rocket outline from your printout.

4. Use the rocket cutout as a stencil to draw a rocket shape on the toilet paper roll with a pencil.

5. Cut along the pencil lines so you end up with a rocket shape like the one shown below.

6. Use poster colors or acrylic paints to fill in the nose and fin of the rocket – we’ve chosen red to make it pop! The base of your toilet paper roll rocket is ready, let’s put it aside for now so the paint can dry completely.

7. Trace the remaining parts of the toilet paper roll rocket template on craft paper and cut them out. We’ve used orange and yellow for the flames, and light blue for the windows.

8. Stick the smaller flame inside the larger one, aligning the straight edges. Take a blue Sharpie or marker and draw outlines on the windows.

9. Once the paint on your rocket has dried completely, stick the windows on the body. Make sure they’re in a straight line and equidistant from each other so your toilet paper roll rocket looks professional!

10. Apply glue on the straight edge of the flame and stick it to the back end of the rocket.

That’s it – your toilet paper roll rocket is all done and ready to blast off into space!

Now that you’ve made one rocket, go ahead and make many more! If you love all things space, you’ll also enjoy trying out our Outer Space Art Ideas as well as our Space-Themed Birthday Party Ideas. Maybe you could include this toilet paper roll rocket craft as a fun party activity!

If you’ve still got lots of empty toilet paper rolls lying around, you may like these projects: