MojoTurbo
Active Hunter
First off, this was not my idea. My wife found these rocket jet packs on the internet when searching for party favors for our son's rocket birthday party. I am merely documenting it, since I have to build like 14 or 15 of these bad boys. We decided to make them in advance as "favors" and not as day-of party craft items merely because of the amount of "adult-construction" involved. If they were easier for little hands to create - they might have been cool craft builds.
Step one: Assemble empty plastic bottles and remove the labels. Also remove the caps as the bottles tend to maintain their air tight environment with the caps on. After I washed them off, I left them out in the sun so that they would completely dry out. I also made sure I had a bottle "mate" for each bottle. A bottle that held the same style shape and size.
Then I ran a simple bead of hot glue down the portion of the bottle that still had the label residue on it. I am not using the hot glue as my only support, but merely as a "place holder" so that the bottles don't roll or move during the next process. You will see what I mean.
Step one: Assemble empty plastic bottles and remove the labels. Also remove the caps as the bottles tend to maintain their air tight environment with the caps on. After I washed them off, I left them out in the sun so that they would completely dry out. I also made sure I had a bottle "mate" for each bottle. A bottle that held the same style shape and size.
Then I ran a simple bead of hot glue down the portion of the bottle that still had the label residue on it. I am not using the hot glue as my only support, but merely as a "place holder" so that the bottles don't roll or move during the next process. You will see what I mean.