Wood Rocket Ship with LED Lights

As was explained in my last instructable, my wife and I are doing a space themed nursery for our soon to be born second son. We definitely needed to incorporate a rocket ship into the nursery. I thought of many different possibilities for this project from a stand alone rocket to one suspended from the ceiling. We finally decided to have the rocket mounted to the wall(for space saving reasons) and make it double as a night light. We hope you enjoy!!

Supplies that you will need:

2'x4' piece of particle board
Primer
Paint
Black Sharpie Marker
Gloss Clear Finish Spray Paint
Tightbond III Wood Glue
Piece of round metal
Acorn Nuts
Mailbox reflectors
Rust Proof Chrome Spray Paint
3 LED Lights: I used these.

Tools:

Jigsaw
2 5/8" hole saw bit
Drill/Drill Press
Hot Glue Gun

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Step 1: Step One: Tracing The Rocket

The first step to this project is picking a rocket design that you like and blowing it up and tracing it onto a piece of poster board. I really REALLY wanted to do a millennium falcon or a U.S.S Enterprise. Lets just say my wife crushed my dreams on that. So we picked this one from some clip art that she found. I used a document camera to blow it up and trace it. I also, decided to switch out the flames on our rocket with something more exciting so i whipped something up on a piece of cardboard so it would be more sturdy.