Let's Go to Space

 Welcome

Last week we had fun exploring SPACE.  Lots of talking about what it would be like to go there...what happens with no gravity....how would you eat....sleep?  They loved pretending about floating in space.

Some of the kids already knew the names of some of the planets and they learned about a few more.

So here's what we did to go into space.

Space Shuttles

I cut out the bottom shape of the shuttle and the kids decorated with stars and colouring.

We glued on a paper tube with a hole cut in the top so we could add some little toy people in the shuttle.

Blasting Off Rocket

Here is a simple cup rocket we made using cups from the Dollar Store.  I attached an elastic to the bottom to make it spring up.  You place the decorated rocket over the black cup and just push down to blast off.  They had a 'blast' playing with them too!

Astronaut

Here is a cute little astronaut we made using a CD as the base and added paper details.

When you shake him, his legs and arms wiggle.

Solar System and the Planets

A simple printout to colour and decorate.

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Space Helmet Mask

Simple face mask to go to space.

We made some Moon Rocks to find on the moon.

Rocket Snack

This simple snack was so fun to make.  Cheese on the bottom, strawberries and bananas.

They blasted off right into our mouths!

Alien

Simple printout alien

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Space Book Printable

Well as you can see, it was a fun filled week.

Thanks so much for coming by and visiting.

Outer Space

Hello and Welcome

I am still off on holidays until Monday, but I wanted to pop in and post this fun theme we worked on this past summer.  

Here are some of the things we created:

What kid doesn't love to dream about going into space?

The space theme we worked on this summer was a very popular one for sure.

One of the things he kids love creating was this fun little alien in his space ship.

We took 2 paper plates and I got the kids to colour them on both sides.

Using a clear plastic cup, I measured and cut a hole in just the top plate so the cup was able to slide through the hole.

After the kids were done colouring, we glued on some fun foam stars (from the Dollar Store) then I glued the little green alien to just the bottom plate by creasing a fold in him.  I slid the plastic cup through the hole in the top plate and then over the alien, then stapled the 2 plates together.

The kids flew their alien ships everywhere.

This was the jet pack we made using recycled water bottles, decorated with some coloured tapes from the Dollar Store and some tissue paper.  They flew around all day and loved it!

Here is a simple rocket ship we made using some shiny gold paper and a tube to hold onto so they could fly through the galaxy.

A space mobile to hang in their rooms was fun.

 Astronaut puppets.  

I found this free print off online then we glued them onto a paper bag to create our puppets.

Lastly, we created this scene depicting day and night.

I used 2 paper plates.  The one on the back has a piece of blue paper glued on half and black on the other half.  The plate on the top is cut in half and fastened to the bottom one so when the kids turned it, they would see day turn into night.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you have enjoyed a wonderful Christmas holiday.