International Space Station

Materials

• One kids puffer vest
• One blue kids outfit
• Empty paper towel roll or cardboard tube
• Silver pipe cleaners (2)
• Headband
• Aluminum foil
• Hot glue gun & sticks
• Clear tape
• Ruler
• Black marker
• Black elastic bands
• Double sided fabric tape/safety pins/elastic band
• Black paper strips
• Cardboard (6 panels)

Instructions

For the head:

1. Cut an empty paper towel holder in half and cover it with aluminum foil.
2. Cut a long thin strip of cardboard and cover it with aluminum foil.
3. Cut two vertical slits near the base of the paper roll and insert the cardboard strip through the slits.
4. Poke 4 holes near the top of the paper roll and thread silver pipe cleaners through so that they criss cross.
5. Glue the base of the paper roll to a headband to wear this piece on the head. 

For the arms:

1. Cut 4 long cardboard panels and cover them with aluminum foil.
2. Use a ruler and black marker to draw the solar panel lines on the panels. Glue a strip of black paper vertically in the center of each panel.
3. Cut and glue black elastic band loops together that fit over the arms and glue the cardboard panels to the elastic to wear 2 over each arm. 

For the chest:

1. Make the centerpiece of the ISS from cardboard and aluminum foil. 
2. Attach this piece to the front of the body with double sided fabric tape, safety pins, or an elastic band that holds it around the chest.