Here’s a quick glance at some of the other space play we were up to last week.
1 . Space Bath
I often continue the kids’ current play interests into the bath. We love spooky, glow-in-the dark baths and do them often, so our space bath was a fairly simple set up. I put some Glo Pals light-up cubes and glow sticks/ bracelets in the bath and sprinkled some glow-in-the-dark rocks on the bath tray with some cups with strainer holes in the bottom.
- Glo Pals Light Up Cubes (Sewing Seeds Play – save with code HOUSEOFPLAY10)
- Glow rocks and glow bracelets (Amazon and Walmart)
- Lovevery Drip Drop Cups
- Bath Caddy (Dollarama)
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2. Space Orbit Ball Run
I thought it would be fun to make a spiralling ball run and use the Grapat Dear Universe planets as the balls, so they looked liked orbiting planets. However, this play activity taught me that ball runs are much more difficult to build than they look.
I had some pretty ambitious ideas for this ball run, that my skills couldn’t match. After an hour and a half, I was happy to have something that at least worked. However, it wasn’t that stable. I don’t recommend this design. I am happy with it for a first try, but there is lots of room to improve. I need to work on my skills.
Despite the shaky build, the kids really enjoyed playing with this and surprisingly didn’t get too discouraged that they needed to rebuild it after every 2-3 runs. I think it would definitely be worth trying this again.
Materials
- Grimm’s Rainbow,
- Grimm’s Building Boards
- Grimm’s Semi-circles
- Grimm’s Large Stepped Pyramid
- Grapat Dear Universe
- Sewing Seeds Play Space Felt Friends
- Grimm’s Giant Acrylic Gems
- Tongue Depressors
3. Space Books and Game
This is really the first year my kids have expressed an interest in space – mostly thanks to the eclipse. I didn’t think I had many space related resources, but found quite a few things once I started looking through the space lens. Here are some of the books we read and enjoyed over the week. They are a combination of ones we had and a few we got from the library.
I also remembered we had a space themed game. The Orchard Toys Rocket Game is really fun. It was a gift from one of their grandma’s. We love Orchard Toys games. They are so fun and easy for my young kids to understand. The video below gives a quick overview.
4. Space Play-Doh Air-Dry Clay Kit
We didn’t get to this activity yet because of sickness and… life. However, it looks wonderful and I’m sure the kids will love it. The “add-in” glitter and sparkles will be very popular. I’m going to save it for a rainy day.
Play-Doh Air Clay Galaxy Glow (Amazon)
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We had a wonderful time learning about space and I look forward to doing more space-related activities in the future because I learned a lot too! Did you know Pluto is no longer considered a planet? You probably did, lol, but I just caught up on that fact.