Light Up The Sky With This Fun Firework Craft…

If you have a ‘flare’ for arts and crafts, you will love this firework picture for you to make at home with your family.

This activity develops your child’s imagination and stimulates their incredible senses, by using different materials to create bright, sparkling 3D effects.

This fun creative activity helps to develop your child’s fine motor skills, understanding of their world and helps with their colour recognition.

Step 1:

For your 3D picture you will need:

• Foam clay
• Glitter
• Scissors
• Glue
• Black A4 card
• Rocket door hanger
• Photo of your child

 

Step 2:

With the glue, begin creating the shapes of your fireworks on your black A4 card.
Tip: Create different sizes, and shapes like spirals to make your fi
reworks stand out.

Step 3:

Begin to glitter on top of the glue.

Pour the excess glitter off into the glitter jar.

Step 5:

Whilst this is drying, cut out your pictures and place in the whole of the rocket frame.

Step 6:

With the foam clay, begin to mould onto the rocket to create a 3D effect.

Step 7:

When both the glue and the clay is dry, stick the rocket carefully to the black card.

 

Fun firework facts and jokes:

Q: What do you get when you cross a dinosaur with fireworks?

A: DINOMITE!

Q: What do you call a duck who likes watching firework displays?

A: A fire-quacker!

Did you know? A space rocket can cost up to £344 million to build.

Sparklers are really hot- they can burn up to 2,000° F – ouch! That’s as hot as a blow torch.

Walt Disney World buys more fireworks than any other company worldwide

Queen Elizabeth loved fireworks that she created an honorary title, “Fire Master of England” for the individual who created the best fireworks.

A rocket can reach speeds of 150mph, however the shell can reach as high as 200 metres.

Have a whizz-popping bonfire night and remember to follow the firework code.

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Day #45 Racing Rockets!

by Sara le Roux,  Owner and Inspirer at The Creation Station Penistone and District

Bonfire night certainly went off with a bang yesterday!! We sat at our living room window with the lights turned off and watched the sparkly, fiery rockets launching into the sky and exploding in a shower of twinkly lights.

For today’s activity I thought that Boo might like to kick off his socks and get his feet all painty…..rockets away!

What You’ll Need

• Card
• Paint – we used Crayola washable
• Collage materials – crepe paper, shiny paper – whatever you have in!

 

We used the same method as we did in ‘Butterfly Baby’ and prepared our paint sponge ready to make some foot prints.

Boo put his foot on the sponge and immediately got the giggles…..’Cold Mummy!’ ‘Squish, Squish!’

We placed his foot onto the piece of card and voila!

Painty perfection!

Now with a little bit of ‘Mummy collage’ – with Boo as chief gluer – we give you……

‘Racing Rockets!’

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Activity Time: 10 minutes

Day #45 DONE! 55 to go!

Sara x

Remember remember the 5th of November

Simply click on the image to download and print, then have fun decorating Guy Fawkes.

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We would love to see your firework themed creations, please send photos to art@thecreationstation.co.uk