Art for Kids: How to Make a Counting Rocket

Series Summary

Child art is the drawings, paintings and other artistic works created by people under the age of 12. It is also referred to as children's art or the art of children. As children develop, their art passes through a number of stages. It is thought that most children pass through these stages of art, which include scribbling, pre-symbolism, symbolism and realism. Outside of the love of art itself, some children may find the act of creating art to be therapeutic. In this free video series, an art teacher demonstrates a number of art projects that kids can do. Discover how to make a paper dragon, how to make a parrot, how to make a stick puppet and how to paint a watercolor fish. With a few art supplies, children can learn, have fun and tap into their boundless creativity. Whether it's for teaching a class for children or providing entertainment at home, these art projects for kids are sure to be a big hit!

Video Transcript

"In this clip, we're going to make a counting rocket that's ready to zoom to the moon. For this job you will need some white card, some red card, little bit of colorful card, sticky tape, some glue, some colorful streamers and felt-tip pens, and a little bit of string. We'll get some red card and we need to fix the nose cone on it. The nose cone is nice and bright orange, so it can see where it's going in the dark moon night. Bit of glue along the top, fix that on. Leave that to be drying. The bottom of the rocket, we want some fire coming out. So I've got some lovely pieces of golden tinsel from a Christmas decoration, and we'll sticky tape that on to the end of the rocket. Half way down the rocket, we want a window for our count-down. So I've got to fold the rocket in two, very gently, not giving it a big squeeze, and do a couple of chops and stops halfway down. That makes the window. Now then, we need a thin piece of white card that will go through the window slots, up one and down the other. Just to make sure it doesn't slot right out, I'm going to fold over the end at that end and fold over the end at that end, so that it can't come out easily; it's stuck. Right, now when a rocket goes to the moon, they have to do a big count down. Five, four, three, two, one. So I'm going to write those numbers in the window, ready for the countdown. First a number five, move that one up out of sight and we do a number four. Move that one out of sight and we've got room for a number three, two, one, and zero! And that's when the rocket takes off, so we have to be ready for that with a piece of string. Some sticky tape on the end of it and we'll fix that onto the nose cone end. So that he can't come off. That feels nice and secure, good. Right, so are you ready to go to the moon everybody? Five, four, three, two, one, zero! Whoosh! You can decorate your rocket if you want with some nice stripes. If you want to put your name on it, because it's your rocket, you can put that in nice writing on there and do some geometric decorations. You can draw around the window. You can have the ladders that they climb up to get into the rocket and make it really nice and smart. And there's your rocket, ready to go to the moon with it's countdown numbers that move."