Moon Paper Craft

Here's an easy and fun moon craft the kids can hang up and admire.

Materials:

• yellow construction paper
• pencil
• scissors
• hole punch
• string
• tissue paper scraps
• glue
• glitter glue

Directions:

1. Trace a large crescent moon on yellow paper. Use a template or raw your own. Cut out.
2. Glue on tissue paper scraps to decorate your moon.
3. Spread glitter glue on top. Allow to dry.
4. Punch a hole at the top of moon. Tie a string to hang up.

 Source: Gulf Beaches Library Kids Page

Phases of the Moon Craft

This is a very simple idea to teach the phases of the moon and their names.

Materials:

• sheet of black construction paper cut in half lengthwise
• outlines of moon phases and their names
• yellow crayon
• scissors
• glue

Directions:

1. Prepare simple drawings of the four main phases of the moon and their names: full moon, half moon, crescent moon, and sliver.
2. Students cut out moons and names.
3. Fold black paper in half and then half again to make four equal sections.
4. Students glue on the moons in correct order and the names below.
5. Color the moons yellow.
6. Don't forget to teach them new moon, you can't see it.

Moon with Craters Craft

 This is a fun idea I like using bubble wrap. Use the bubble wrap to paint a "cratered" surface.

Materials:

• white construction paper or card stock
• bubble wrap
• gray paint and paintbrushes or rollers
• various lids or bottle tops

Directions:

1. Lay the bubble wrap on the table and apply gray paint on the surface.
2. Lay a piece of paper on the bubble wrap and press all around with your hands.
3. Peel off the paper. Dip lids into the paint and stamp various sized craters onto the surface.
4. If desired, lightly roll a little paint over the surface for detail. Allow to dry.
5. Trace a large paper plate on the paper and cut out your cratered Moon.
6. Hang up with a string or display on the wall.

Sun, Earth, Moon Model Craft

 









I thought this was such a neat idea. It simply and clearly shows you how the Earth goes around the Sun and the Moon goes around the Earth. You can easily make it with the template below. Great for a unit about space or the Moon.

Materials:

• 1 paper plate
• white construction paper or card stock
• Earth and Moon cutouts from template
• hole puncher
• crayons
• 2 brass fasteners
• scissors

Directions:

1. Go to the link below and download the template. Cut the Earth and Moon pieces from hard white paper.
2. Color the paper plate yellow, color the Earth and Moon.
3. Punch a hole at the end of each strip as shown and in the middle of the paper plate.
4. Fasten the pieces together using brass fasteners.

The template is available online from NASA Blogs

It may not give you a big picture of the template, though. Alternatively, do an image search for 'sun earth moon model' and that should give you the image. Have fun.