Space Preschool Theme
Crafts and Activities for Kids
by Aunt B
Copyright 2004-2006 Story Soup Kids, a
division of Enchanted Corner
Space Crafts for Kids
Shape Ship
Shapes cut out of different colors of construction paper
Solid piece of black construction paper
Glue stick
Silver star stickers
Using your black piece of construction paper as a background lay out your shapes
to create a one of a kind space ship. Once you have the design chosen use your
glue stick to glue it into place. Next place the silver star stickers all around
the shape ship.
Star’s On the Wall
Toilet Paper Roll
Black Construction Paper
Tape
Push Pin or Safety Pin
Flash Light
Tape a piece of black construction paper on to one end of the toilet paper tube.
Using your pin pock small holes in the black paper. Place the other end of the
tube onto your flash light and shine it on the wall. This will make your wall
look like the star filled sky.
Moon Rocks Hunt
Glow in the dark Paint
Large sized rocks (about the size of a child’s palm)
Paint brushes
Newspaper
Lay out your newspaper to protect the table from any paint. Next paint your
rocks in the glow in the dark paint. Be sure to cover the whole rock in the
paint. Set the rocks under a lamp to charge the paint up for about a half hour
before you begin. Once it is dark outside. Mom, hide these rocks outside (in the
backyard) and let your children enjoy going on a moon rock hunt. (For children
who are not sure of the dark, be sure to send them on their hunt with a flash
light.)
Space Activity for Kids
Moon Walking Shoes
Thick sponges
Rubber Bands or String
Tie thick sponges to the bottom of your child’s shoes. This will give
your child the feeling of walking on the moon.
Great Space Books for Kids
There's No Place Like Space : All About Our Solar System (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)
by TISH RABE
Go on a whirlwind tour of our solar system, with a few constellations
thrown in for good measure. Cat in the Hat (along with beloved Thing One
and Thing Two) straps on his space suit and rhymes his way among the
nine planets, presenting important facts along the way. Where else could
your preschooler learn phonics and astronomy at same time?
The Magic School Bus Lost In The Solar System (Magic School Bus)
by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen
This latest expedition, on which the energetic Miss Frizzle offers a
tour of the planets, should not be missed. When a closed planetarium
disappoints her students on a class trip, the likable teacher saves the
day. She manages to launch her rickety school bus into space and steers
it around the solar system, visiting the moon, the sun, Mercury, Venus
and Mars before an asteroid knocks out one of the taillights. When Miss
Frizzle leaves the bus to investigate, she gets lost in space, and the
students visit the outer planets without her. They reconnect with her
eventually, and the group ends up back in the classroom, making a chart
and a mobile based on their discoveries.
Stanley in Space (Flat Stanley)
by Jeff Brown, Scott Nash
When the residents of a far-distant planet send a message to Earth
asking for someone to meet with them, the President of the United States
asks Stanley Lambchop, an all-American boy, to be his ambassador.
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