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August 17, 2009 | 8 Comments

Shooting Star Craft

star craft

I love stars and the recent meteor showers had me thinking about shooting stars so we made this a few days ago. I like how it turned out and my son loves squishing the center of the star , one suggestion would be to make the star larger, the center bit was tricky to make because it had to be so small. A larger star would fix that. Also don’t skip the sequins if you want to give your little ones an opportunity to work out their fine motor skills and pincer grasp!

  1. Gather your materials. You will need a piece of yellow and a piece of black construction paper. Some contact paper, gold sequins, glitter glue, glue , markers and scissors.
  2. Start by drawing ( or tracing) a star on the yellow paper. Draw some tails too.
  3. Have your child color the star and tails with markers.
  4. Cut a small piece of contact paper, peel the backing off.
  5. Add sequins to the contact paper.
  6. Squeeze some glitter on.
  7. Fold in two and press. Cut to size. I made this large for my son to add the sequins to , but then had to cut it so small to fit inside the star. I’d make a larger star next time.
  8. Cut the star and tails out . Cut the center of the star out, make sure the hole is big enough to show off the glitter but not too big so there are any gaps.
  9. Glue the glitter packet on the paper.
  10. Glue the star over it and the tails on. Let dry.

Books!

“Draw Me A Star” by Eric Carle is often not read in classrooms simply because of a beautiful depiction of a naked man and woman. It’s not what most parents expect to find in an Eric Carle book but it is very fitting in this beautiful and really touching book. The story although very similar to a biblical creation story isn’t necessarily reflective only of a christian view point , rather as I read it is was the author’s own creation. It begins and ends with a star , and hits all the right points in between.

“Star Baby” by Margaret O’Hair is a sweet book about the daily happenings of a little baby , his mama . I like that this book shows off all the things little babies can do. We tend to focus on what babies can’t do and this book flips that around and shows off the perhaps mundane to us but new and wonderful things babies do. The super simple rhyming text is a great length for toddlers and young preschoolers and it’s calm enough to make a great goodnight book.
“Our Stars” by Anne Rockwell is another wonderful non fiction book from this author illustrator. The book shares the most basic facts about stars with the reader as well as more complicated facts about constellations, comets and meteors. I love that the facts are shared pretty independently on each page, so if something is above your toddlers head you can simply skip that page, until they are . The illustrations are fun enough to grab attention but detailed enough to help explain the facts being presented.

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Kindergarten, Preschool Crafts, Shape Activities, Shooting Star, Space, Stars | 8 Comments

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8 Comments

  1. Lori says

    August 18, 2009 at 7:56 am

    Another great idea that my daughter will love!

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  2. MaryAnne says

    August 18, 2009 at 11:49 am

    very cute – those books look interesting too!

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  3. Preschool Playbook says

    August 18, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    As always, another great project.

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  4. Anonymous says

    August 18, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    So fun! Great hands-on activity with several simple steps. I can't wait to do this with my girls!

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  5. nicol says

    August 20, 2009 at 2:00 am

    What a precious keepsake! i liked to include photographs and handprints

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  6. Oxana says

    May 7, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    Hello, thanks for posting such a nice craft ideas + recommending relevantly themed books .
    I am preparing a birthday party for my daughter (4y.o.) and the theme is Stars (we have this story about our lucky family that got their amazing present from the stars – our daughter. She likes this story very much.
    So I would like to organize an outdoor movie for the party. Any recommendations on the movie/cartoon with the similar subject?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      May 13, 2013 at 8:49 pm

      I am so sorry no movie comes to mind . I love the theme though.

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