So many kids have a great deal of curiosity about what’s out there in space. My three year old has just started to chatter a lot about the solar system, so I thought it would be fun to pull out a few of our past moon activities and projects to keep him occupied.
Create a homemade moon phase puzzle.
Make a moon viewer to project phases of the moon in a dark room.
Mark the moon phases on a calendar with office supply stickers.
Get crafty and decorate moons based on traditional moons, like the Harvest Moon or the Strawberry Moon.
Make moon craters in a dish of flour with pebbles and marbles.
Check out some more of my easy science activities on my Giant List of Indoor Activities for Kids.
Bonus Moon Activity: Read these books!
Looks like you guys had so much fun. I love the craters activity I used to do that when I was teaching school.
That was probably his favorite. What boy doesn't love making a mess?
Great ideas. We are doing our Moon unit this week and next week. We already did the flour/pebbles/craters activity. Love the moon phases viewer idea. I hope it is okay that I pin this.
Thanks for pinning it. I hope you get a chance to make the viewer, it's lots of fun.
Such creative and interactive activities! You really did a wonderful job with the moon viewer. I’ll be featuring your post on the Discover & Explore highlight post – thanks so much for linking up! http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/hands-on-science-phases-of-the-moon-activities-for-kids
Thanks Jacquie. I was so proud of that moon viewer!