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Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

A simple waste recycling tutorial, collect the most common waste materials around you and make a squeeze bottle rocket! How to play? Insert it into the straw connected to the plastic bottle, and then press the plastic bottle hard to use air thrust to push it Launch!~

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

Materials and tools: straws (2 straws, one is slightly smaller, they should be able to be inserted together, but not too tight or too loose), napkins, cardboard, tape, scissors, plastic bottles.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

Cover the mouth of the bottle with a piece of soft foam, with a hole in the center for the straw.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

Put the thinner straw in place, making sure no air escapes (except through the straw).

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

Take a piece of paper towel and stuff it into the end of the straw to block it, making it the front end of the rocket.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

Cut index card stock (try to have fun with different shapes and sizes) and attach them to the end of the rocket as tailfins.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

Insert the rocket into the straw connected to the plastic bottle and press firmly on the bottle.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own squeeze bottle rocket

You can see the straw rocket flying out quickly!