Space Activities for Kids

We collected 33 ideas to explore space through sensory play. Some are simple sensory bins and some hands-on experiments that will be fun to try and examine!

Here’s our unit studies shelf with many of our Astronomy materials. This is our Solar System basket. I paper mache’d the foam planets from a kit in order to make them more durable. The booklet has a great song entitled “The Family of the Sun”. I used a product called sculptamold on this styrofoam […]

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These 20 Earth Day activities include our favorite earth-friendly crafts, science experiments and projects from across the web.

Five fun moon activities for kids and preschoolers to do at home in at school, including puzzles, a phase viewer and art projects.

Easy Paper Plate Alien - Kid Craft Tutorial Hi friends! I'm so glad you landed on today's Paper Plate Alien Craft tutorial. You are going to love it!

This easy moon craft is so easy to make and easy to prepare too! Read our tips on how to adapt this simple space craft for toddlers, preschool, reception or older kids.

Space is a topic that children of all ages just LOVE! This collection of space activities and crafts for toddlers will keep them busy and inquisitive for hours (well maybe 20 minutes or so -

Follow along with our easy step-by-step directions and video tutorial so you can make your own mesmerizing Galaxy Glitter Jars! Simple and fun for kids!

Make this super swishy flying rocket kite! Use our free printable template or design your own rocket.

How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers is one of our favorite children’s books. We were inspired by the beautiful illustrations in the story to create this watercolor ocean and star art for kids! Follow our Children’s Book Activities Pinterest board! (This post contains affiliate links.) We are huge fans of children’s books by …

One subject that comes up a lot in our house is Outer Space. Probably because there is a lot to learn, it’s a subject we can’t go visit so my kids have a lot of questions, and the things in space look beautiful and we can observe some of them everyday like the sun, stars, […]

Learn about the night sky with these great kids books about the stars and make marshmallow constellations -- a fun Astronomy activity for kids!

Learn about the constellations while building them with pipe cleaners! Kids will love this hands-on, STEM astronomy activity!

We love learning about Space and the Solar System at our house. It's such a fun theme to learn about with preschoolers! Last week I shared how my preschooler and I enjoyed making Marbled Planets