Art ideasOur Place in Space

Sheryl Mickan

Earth, Sky and Space paintings

Stage 1 Session 1

Meteor Shower - Stage 2 Session 3

Space ships

Ideas for model designs for class Astronomy Night

Create your design and think about what you might need to build it.

Rockets

You will needJello, raisin, or other small empty carboard boxesPipe cleaners for the antennae and legsGoogly eyesTissue paper scrapsWire cuttersDecoupage glueGlitter glue (optional)

First cover the boxes with the glue and tissue paper

Add the eyes and mouth designs

Cut four tiny x’s into the bottom of the box, and two tiny x’s in the top. This is where you will insert the antennae and legs.

Cut two pieces of pipe cleaner for the antennae, and three to four for the legs

To make the spiral antennae, wrap the pipe cleaners around a pencil

Make tiny feet by simply bending the pip cleaners into an oval on the ends.Then simply stick the ends of the pipe cleaners into the tiny slits you cut with the razor blade.Glue on your googly eyes