Project

Rocket Favor Packaging

Send your guests to the moon with these lively rockets. They make playful favor packages for an Independence Day bash or a child's summer birthday. And constructing them is a snap -- no rocket science required.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, July 2011

materials

Rocket Crackers Clip Art

8 1/2-by-11-inch heavyweight matte paper

Double-sided tape

8-by-5 1/2-inch pieces of white tissue paper

White twine

Hot-glue gun

American Starlights Candy

steps

Print the Rocket Crackers Clip Art onto paper using a color printer; cut out the shapes.
Place the rectangular clip art blank side up. affix double-sided tape to 1 long edge. Fold a piece of tissue paper in half (so it measures 4 by 5 1/2 inches). Place the tissue fold at the bottom of the card stock, pressing it to the tape to secure.
Roll the card stock and tissue into a tube, and secure with double-sided tape. Cinch the tissue at the bottom of the rocket, and tie it with twine.
Roll fan-shaped clip art into a cone; secure with hot glue. Place candies inside rocket. Use hot glue to attach cone to body.