I saw a pin on pinterest for some jet packs and
knew my son needed some too...
I took a piece of cardboard that fit the width of his back.
Used some old webbing and stapled in
place to go around his arms.
I upcycled 2 Two-liters and lightly misted the
tops of them with silver spray paint.
I cut out flames of felt
2 red and 1 orange for each rocket engine...turbine...
and hot glued them in the spout...
Then we hot glued the bottles onto the cardboard.
He (Mr. 3) took it out for a test drive only to find
that the arm straps slipped down.
I took some more webbing and a buckle and stapled them
across the front for maximum stabilization.
I also hot glued on a little rectangle of felt onto
the front straps for the ignition switch.
We have lift-off!
Zoom!
I love his extreme happiness!
Garbage, spray paint, felt fire, 20 minutes...
Priceless.
48 comments:
I love it! I kept trying to figure out what his jet pack would look like when he would fly around. I think that's it.
What a cute idea! This is adorable. Thanks for linking to the Home Decor and Organizing Link Party. I'll be featuring this.
That. Is. Awesome!!! Isn't it great that the things our kids love the most come from recycled objects!!! He is going to remember this for a long time!!!!
Absolutely adorable! Makes me wish my son (29) was younger - or that I had grandchildren.
So cute. Going to use it for our space theme VBS. I'm teaching the 3 year olds.
Two questions: You spray the inside of the bottle? And how do you attach the last piece of webbing?
Thanks!
Wow thank yiu for sharing. We are going to have to make those for our preschool space theme. Can't wait for the new school year. You are awesome. A bonus is I am a recycler nut and hate throw anything away, Drives my hubby crazy, lol. God Bless. Mrs. Valerie
great idea! popped a link on my facebook page - hope you don't mind!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Partycraft-Secrets/239045209469228
Great idea, if only my girls would be interested! :)
So adorable. Saw this on Pinterest and wanted to stop by and tell you how cute this craft is!!! My two littles would love these rocket packs!
What a great idea, my son loves rockets and anything to do with space, might try to make it this weekend. Thanks for sharing, found you from pinterest.
nice idea.. thanks for posting.
Wow this is so cute!!
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing!
Brilliant! Can't wait to make one - thanks for sharing
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL!!!! Thank you sooo much for sharing, this is such a great idea for any fancy dress for my kids!!! xx Dani
Thanks for this. I made jet packs for my two boys this summer and they love them! Thanks for sharing your idea.
This is such a great idea! I think my husband would probably like one of these :) Thanks so much for joining the Throwback Thursday party and I hope you'll join me again this week! I'm opening the party to new ideas too :)
This is so adorable! What a great idea. Perfect for every little pretender.
Thanks for sharing!
Posting on facebook.
Ginger
Literally Inspired
love!!! PINNED YOU TO MY PINTREST!
http://pinterest.com/missy110/kids-and-things-for-them/
Thanks for the great idea!
Elysia @ http://mischievouscrafts.blogspot.ca/
Excellent Reuse! PHOTOS are perfect! So so fun! Shared on my fb too!
https://www.facebook.com/RecyclingByzJayne
Creative spirits abound!!
Awesome! I think it needs some goggles to go with it. Now I just have to wait for my baby to get big enough to blast off!
saw this at the suz davis blog...absolutely genius, love it...thanks for sharing
Made this today for my 4-year-old son, and he LOVES it! Thanks so much for the idea!!!! (Got it off Pinterest).
http://i-really-dont-have-time-for-this.blogspot.com/2012/08/rocket-boosters.html
This is SO fantastic!! I just LOVE it!
We made these with our grandsons tonight. I used velcro instead of staples to adhere the webbing to the cardboard and the chest webbing. It turned out really nice.. Thanks for the idea! Kathy Fry!
thanks for sharing..
Thanks so much for sharing this idea (found on Pinterest); my husband made these for our 2 boys for their astronaut costumes and they loved them! We used black elastic belt webbing and black duct tape to cover the cardboard and attach the bottles. Thanks again!
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Fantastic and your boy is so cute!!
I love this and I coulnd'nt wait to do it. I am half way done and so far they look great. I am making three, I have four boys, but one is 15 and a little old for it. I added pull cords for the starter. I used the badge clips with the retractible cord. $3 something for 6 at walmart. Thanks for the great idea.
so tell me..
how can I turn this into a girl craft as well?
This is amazing, so simple & so great !
Oh my goodness this is so cute and creative!! Pinning!
<3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
Wildly Original linky party is open
that idea is so very cool!
i think i have to make a jet-pack for my daughter!
I linked to your tutorial on my blog - thanks for sharing!
doro K.
How VERY Cool! Guess what my son is getting this weekend!! You just made an 8 year old very happy. Thank you for helping me to gain points, too, lol!
Um. Girls can be astronauts.
If you paint the insides of the 2 leters, it might not kook as real, but the paint won't get rubed off from people handeling them, my rain, etc.
If you paint the insides of the 2 leters, it might not kook as real, but the paint won't get rubed off from people handeling them, my rain, etc.
absolutely girls can be astronauts. I sure wish someone would have made me one when I was a kid.. only I dont think two liter plastic bottles had been invented yet. Girls can rock these just as well as boys..they have imaginations, too, yanno.
Enough of this!
I'm CERTAINLY NOT going to wait until I have grandchildren!
I am making me a set right now and I'll wear it on my next metric century charity bike ride!!!
What she said. ^
Not that you couldn't add pink glitter or something, but you really don't need to modify this for girls.
Just got the stuff to make this with my 5yo grandson. But he has informed me that there needs to be handle parts like Perry the Platypus has on his jetpack. But I am completely stumped as to what would hold up. Any ideas? If you are not sure who Perry is, here is his picture. http://www.elginpk.com/worsley1011_3/reny/yum.jpg
This. Is. Awesome. My son has been asking me if jetpacks were "in the real world." Yes they are!
What fun! My little superhero insisted on making a smaller version for his stuffed bear so they could be "super" together!
The only thing I'm doing differently is instead of using staples on the arm straps, I'm hot gluing them. Don't wanna take any chances with getting poked. :)
Thanks for posting!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this DIY Jet Pack! So adorable and your tutorial is GREAT. I featured it on our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/partiesbyalex
and I also like your Facebook page! Great website!
HI! I linked this awesome project on my recyling blog (freshtrashplace.blogspot.com) Thanks for sharinG! Feel free to stop by and sniff around!
Cheers!
This is super awesome...I am making one for my son today!
I did my own version on my new blog...check it out! And thanks for such a great idea, my son and nephew both LOVE their jet packs!
http://theasylum.catherinekiff-vozza.com/blog/2013/5/4/mini-turbo-booster
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