Rocket Birdhouse

Activity completed November 2015.

We spotted this wooden rocket birdhouse at Michael's and I knew it would be a lot of fun to paint. Tripp loves rockets and space shuttles. He likes to watch space shuttle launches on YouTube and has a toy space shuttle he pretends to blast off all the time. Naturally, then, he fell in love with this rocket.

First, I painted the rocket white. After it dried he chose some colors of acrylic paint (blue, yellow, and green) and painted it. (He wanted me to paint a "puppy" on one side, which you can sort of see in the picture, but I was able to convince him to paint the rest himself.) We also went over it with glow-in-the-dark acrylic paint and Mod Podge.

The addition of a hook and chain meant we could hang it outside. He loves it and likes to look around for birds to invite into the birdhouse. So far, none have claimed it but I imagine someone will by spring!