Let dry and peel off. Moon Book Help the children write a story about the moon that goes with a picture of the moon that they painted. Playdough Fun Make stars and planets from playdough. Also use playdough as a backdrop for the sky and add glow in the dark stars. Star Cards Paint glue on index cards and scatter celestial glitter and confetti.
Rockets Make a cone shape from construction paper and tape to make a rocket ship.
Paint it silver, add glue and glitter stuff with colorful shredded paper with some strips dangling out the bottom. We created a rocket out of washing machine boxes and used ice cream containers from a local ice cream shop for our helmets. We also created space suits out of white garbage bags using permanent markers. We attempted to eat pudding from ziplock baggies through straws to understand how difficult it is to eat in space. Star Gazers Give each child an empty toilet paper tube.