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Building a Bottle Rocket

  1. Wrap and glue or tape a tube of posterboard around the bottle.

  2. Cut out several fins of any shape and glue them to the tube.

  3. Form a nosecone and hold it together with tape or glue.

  4. Press a wad of modeling clay into the top of the nosecone.

  5. Glue or tape nosecone to upper end of bottle.

  6. Decorate your rocket.
illustration of process

 
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