2) Handprint rocket card

Toddlers can help make this card by stamping their hands in paint to make the rocket flames – if you have more than one child who wants to get involved, simply layer the hand shapes to make it bigger.

Prep 1 hour + drying time

You will need

• 1 sheet of dark blue card, folded in half
• A selection of coloured paper for the rocket and moon (we used grey, red, light blue, and white)
• Child-safe poster paint
• Silver pen

Method

1. Get the kids to use yellow and orange poster paint to stamp their handprints onto a piece of paper. Allow the paint to dry, then cut around each one.
    
2. Draw a rocket shape onto the grey paper and cut it out. Use this as a template to make a red nose cone and then cut two symmetrical rocket wings from red paper. Cut these out and glue onto the rocket.
    
3. To make the porthole, draw around a small circular object onto red paper (the lid of a glue stick works well) and cut out. Cut out a smaller circle from blue paper and glue on top of the red circle. Glue two thin strips of white paper on top to make shine lines. Glue the porthole to the side of the rocket.
    
4. Glue the handprint flame to the card then glue the rocket on top. Use a black pen to decorate the rocket as shown. Add a silver moon to the top left corner, if you like.
    
5. Finally, use a silver pen to draw a few stars and write your chosen message.

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