•{marbled.planets}•

This activity took a little more work than originally planned, but I love the way it turned out, so it was well worth it! I let my Little pick two colors of paint for each of the three planets we were going to make. I traced circles onto white construction paper and taped them inside a metal baking pan.

Then we added a few dots of each color to the circles (my paints don't have a squeeze top, so I used a toothpick to apply the paint blobs to our paper.) Then it was time for the fun part: shaking the pan to get the marbles rolling (we used four.)

After tilting the pan back and forth to get the desired tracks on our paper, we stopped to let them dry. Once dry, I cut out the circles as well as a couple "rings" for our planets and then glued them to a piece of black construction paper.

•{star.stamping}•

This was a fun and easy craft using black construction paper, yellow paint, and a sponge (I purchased mine from Dollar Tree) cut in the shape of a star. 

•{name.rocket}•

This was a simple activity to work on letter order for my Little's first name. I cut out squares and triangles from construction paper, and she glued them on in order.

•{star.sensory}•

For this simple activity we used a hot glue gun and yellow finger paint. 

I traced some stars on paper with a hot glue gun so the end product would be raised stars. I put some finger paint in a bowl and simply told my little to paint the picture. I was curious to see what the end product would be with little to no instruction. This was her final product! 

She chose to fill in the stars. She really enjoyed this activity and having the freedom to do it however she wanted.

•{shape.rockets}•

This was a fun activity to watch. I cut out all my shapes from different colored construction paper and glued them onto a piece of black cardstock. I put one together so my little would have a model to work from. I then set her free to put her own together. I would say "find the red rectangle" or "find the green triangle" and she would glue them on where they went. This was great for color and shape identification as well as learning to follow directions.

•{star.lunch}•

Anyone else have a picky eater? Sometimes fun shapes can encourage a child to eat more. Too bad it doesn't work on my little! ☺

For these turkey and cheese star sandwiches I used a star cookie cutter to cut out the stars. Simple and fun!

•{name.scramble}•

This activity would be a lot more fun for kiddos with longer names, but it still worked. It was a great activity for name letter recognition. I got my glow-in-the-dark stars from Dollar Tree. I wrote each letter of her first name E-S-L-I-E on a star. I then mixed the stars up on the table and asked her to spell her name, with the big star being first.

•{clothespin.sun}•

This is a great counting and number matching activity! All you need is a paper plate, clothespins, and a marker (I also used a yellow crayon to make my plate yellow like the sun.) Simply have your child count the dots on the clothespin and then match it with the written number on the plate. Depending on the age of your child, they may have some difficulty pinching the clothespins open and will need help.