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Materials

  • Cardboard or foam board sheets, enough to cut 4–5 cone layers (largest base about 30 cm diameter)
  • Cardstock or thick paper, assorted colors (A4 size, 8–10 sheets)
  • Acrylic paints (dark blue, yellow, orange, blue, green, pink, white, brown)
  • Pre-cut cardboard circles or hand-cut circles for planets (sizes 4–9 cm diameter)
  • White paint pen or fine brush (stars and constellations)
  • Silver pipe cleaners or glitter ribbon, about 1–1.5 m total
  • Scissors and pencil
  • Craft glue or hot glue gun with 4–5 glue sticks

Instructions

  • Cut cardboard into curved shapes and roll them into cone layers, gluing edges securely and letting them set.
  • Paint each cone dark blue and add white dots, lines, or constellations once dry.
  • Cut and paint planet shapes separately, adding faces, rings, and texture details.
  • Stack the cones from largest to smallest, gluing them together carefully to form a stable tower.
  • Stack the cones from largest to smallest, gluing them together carefully to form a stable tower.
  • Finally, add finishing details like pipe-cleaner rings, a paper rocket, and a smiling Sun at the top.