Build your own rocket capsule

It’s been 50 years since Sputnik beeped down at us (4th October, 1957); and to mark the event we’re going to make some little rockets. Hey we even may go the whole way and bako-wrap the furniture.

You will need
to go outdoors
a 35mm film-capsule; since these are getting rarer we’re going to experiment with the little 3 pots of chocolate gu
a sized alkerseltzer
water

Warning - children should respect medicine, even if its a hangover cure; and to be careful around things that explode, even if they’re hangover cures too. These kind of plays are great opportunities for such lessons, especially for the ‘imagine this little capsule is your tummy’ kind.

It’s very simple, first explain about running away, then half fill the capsule with water, add the alkerseltzer, squeeze the lid on, place upside-down and run away giggling madly. Repeat until not funny any more, which I suspect might take a week or two.

Enjoy

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