My Own Constellation
Materials:- Paper
- Paint or stickers
- Chalk
- Give all of your children black paper. Let them either use paint to make stars or use star stickers. Finally they can connect the stars with paint or chalk and make their own constellation
The Class Solar System
Materials:- Styrofoam Balls
- Paint
- Various Other Art Supplies of Your Choice
- Give each child a Styrofoam Ball (10 in total, 9 planets plus the sun, if you have more children then that you can let some make stars, or moons). Let them design their own planet. When everyone is done you can put the solar system together.
Flying Saucer
Materials:- Two CDs for Each Child (AOL Free CDs work great)
- Glue
- Cup Lid or Milk Cap
- Construction Paper
- Paint
- Various Other Art Supplies
- Glue the Two CDs together
(so that only the shiny parts can be seen). Then paste the lid on so that it looks
like the cabin of the flying saucer. Then let your children finish the design
of the flying saucer anyway that they can.
You can also use cardboard pieces or cardboard pizza bottoms to make the flying saucers.
Constellation of Holes
Materials:- Black Paper
- Hole Punch
- Various Other Art Supplies of Your Choice
- After showing your children several pictures of constellation, give them a piece of black paper and a hole punch. Tell them to make holes everywhere they want a star to be in their very own constellation. You can then let them add anything else they want to the picture. To make the constellation more visible you can put a yellow piece of paper behind it or just hold it up to the light.
My Spray Bottle Solar System
Materials:- Paint
- Spray Bottle
- Paper
- Crayons/Markers
- Various Other Art Supplies of Your Choice
- Dilute white paint with water and put it in a small spray bottle. Let your children spray this mixture onto black construction Paper. This will make the paper look like space. Next show your children several pictures of the solar system. Then invite them to design their own solar system on the paper.