Space Shuttle

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Turn a paper towel tube into your very own space shuttle. Add tissue paper fire for an extra cool touch!

Gather Tools and Materials

Paper Tube	Construction Paper	Markers
Craft Glue	Clear Tape	Scissors

There may be no more shuttles going to outer space but they are still really cool! Read all about them.

All About Space Shuttles (Blast Off!) by Miriam Gross

Let's Get Started!

1
Cover tube with paper.

Cover your paper towel tube with a piece of white construction paper and secure it with scotch tape. You may need to trim down your construction paper.

2
Make a circle.

Trace a cup or mug on a piece of black construction paper to get a perfect circle.

3
Cut the circle.

Cut the circle our from the black construction paper.

4
Fold the circle.

Fold the black circle in half.

5
Fold the circle, again.

Fold the black circle in half, again.

6
Cut to center of circle.

Open up the circle and cut down one crease until you hit the center.

7
Make a cone.

To make a cone, over-lap two parts of the circle on either side of the crease you cut down.

8
Secure cone.

Place a piece of scotch tape on your cone to secure it.

9
Fold white paper.

Fold a white piece of construction paper in half long-ways.

10
Cut diagonally.

Cut diagonally from a folded corner to an open corner. You will have three triangles.

11
Make wings.

Lay your covered tube onto the fold of the triangle and tape it down. Two sides of the triangle will stick out to be wings!

12
Attach cone.

Attach the cone onto your tube with scotch tape.

13
Make a top wing.

Trim down one of the smaller triangles you have to fit on top of the shuttle for another wing.

14
Attach other wing.

Fold a portion of the triangle to make a tab and tape the triangle onto the top of the shuttle. This is the opposite side to the triangle you just taped.

15
Add windows.

Draw windows on the top of the shuttle with a black marker.

16
Add a flag.

Draw an American flag onto one of the wings.

17
Add fire.

Add fire to the bottom of your shuttle with red/yellow/orange tissue paper, red/yellow/orange construction paper or red/yellow/orange yarn! Secure the fire in place with tape.