Celebrate the first space vehicle - launched on October 4th in 1957. Find ideas for crafts, games, and other activities.
Crafts to Make:
- Use a star shaped cookie cutter to make prints with paint.
- Make your very own Flying Saucer out of paper plates!
- Make martian faces by coloring paper plates.
- Color paper plates to be planets, give them names!
- Make a collage using star and circle shapes.
- Look at this collection to check out all the fun, space related craft links I have found.
Other Things To Do:
- Set up a dramatic play area thay represents a space ship.
- Learn about star and/or circle shapes.
- Learn about gravity.
- What do you think it would feel like to be in outer space. Pretend there is no gravity and that you are floating around the room.
- Play this Satellite Delay Relay race.
- Make these Make Asteroids You Can Eat.
