Outer Space Crafts
Moon Rocks
Supplies Needed:
- 4 cups baking soda
- ¼ cup water
- Gold and silver glitter
- Black food coloring
- Mixing container
Directions:
- In your mixing container, mix together baking soda and water.
- Add lots of glitter.
- Add few drops of food coloring.
- Stir all contents together.
- Mold the sand with your hand to shape into rocks.
- Allow to dry overnight.
- Explore the moon rocks! (They will be brittle.)
Galaxy Bottles
Supplies Needed:
- 3 colors of acrylic paint (pink, light blue, purple)
- Plastic water bottle (empty)
- Funnel
- 3 cups (one of each color of paint)
- Cotton balls
- Glitter
- Water
- Long skewer/stick
- Glue
Directions:
- Place a layer of cotton balls in the water bottle.
- Poke the cotton balls flat with a skewker/stick.
- Pour a good amount of glitter on top.
- Fill your cup ½ way up with water and squirt in 3-4 drops of paint. Mix until color appears. Repeat this process in a new cup for each paint color.
- Pour ½ of the first cup using a funnel in the water bottle.
- Add another layer of cotton balls. You want it well over where the water is. Poke the cotton balls to make flat.
- Add more glitter.
- Continue pouring ½ of each cup into the water bottle creating layers.
- Add another layer of cotton balls. You want it well over where the water is. Poke the cotton balls to make flat.
- Add more glitter.
- Continue steps 8-10 until water bottle is full.
- Finish by gluing the lid to the bottle so that it can’t be opened.
Do not shake – the colors will mix!