{crafts} Memorial Day Rockets

Check out this craft from MarthaStewart.com, perfect for a Memorial Day celebration:

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 making them is a snap -- no rocket science required.Tools and Materials

• Rocket Crackers Clip Art
• 8 1/2-by-11-inch heavyweight paper, in Matte, $13 for 50 sheets; epson.com.
• Double-sided tape
• 8-by-5 1/2-inch pieces of white tissue paper
• White twine
• Hot-glue gun
• American Starlights Candy, by Gilliam; qcandy.com

Rocket Favor How-To:

1. Print the Rocket Crackers Clip Art onto heavyweight paper; cut out the shapes.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Roll fan-shaped clip art into a cone; secure with hot glue. Place candies inside rocket. Use hot glue to attach cone to body.

The full tutorial can be found at: http://www.marthastewart.com/353633/rocket-favor-packaging?czone=holiday/sixty-days-of-summer/crafts-and-projects&center=276964&gallery=275496&slide=353633#close