Make a Mini Rocket

Making a little rocket is loads of fun and can be done for under a few dollars!

Steps

  1. Gather your materials.
  2. Make a square with the foil. To do this, cut a 4x4 to 6x6 inch square of foil. Fold the foil to make a 2x2 or 3x3 inch square.
  3. Cut two of the match heads off of the matches. Keep the match heads!
  4. Take your headless matches and tin foil. Place the matches on the foil and roll the foil until you got a funnel.
  5. Take out the matches while keeping the foil in a funnel shape.
  6. Place the match heads into the foil funnel.
  7. Replace only one headless match into the end of the foil. Make sure you can see about half an inch of it.
  8. Take the paper clip. Hold one end and turn it upwards (like it's sticking upwards).
  9. Push the headless match up through the foil with the paper clip.
  10. Light the non-paper clipped end of the foil. Drop it down over a balcony or down a steep hill, and plug your ears! Never put it on level ground with you, in case it shoots off parallel to the ground and hits you.

Warnings

  • Be extremely careful when doing this.
  • Stay outside.
  • Make sure you have parental supervision!

Things You'll Need

  • Aluminum foil
  • Matches
  • Paper clips
  • Scissors
  • Ruler

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