Week 2 | Infinity & Beyond
Crafts
Moon Sand w/ Ms. Angelina What You’ll Need:
● Flour ● Baby oil
● Large mixing bowl ● Food coloring ● Plastic bowls ● Spoon
This recipe makes enough moon sand for at least 5 campers Instructions:
● Measure out 4 cups of flour into your mixing bowl
● Add ½ cup of baby oil into the bowl with flour. Make sure oil is mixed well and is incorporated into the flour.
● IMPORTANT: If your sand is too dry, add more baby oil, if it becomes too wet, add more flour. No measurements needed, just keep at it until you like the consistency of your moon sand.
● Once your sand is the consistency you would like it to be, take a handful and place it in a plastic bowl. You can have multiple bowls full of sand.
● Next in an empty plastic bowl, fill the bottom with baby oil and add at least 10 drops of your favorite food coloring. Mix the dye and oil together and then pour into a bowl with sand.
● Mix the dye/oil into the flour. You can always add more oil/dye if it’s not the color you’re looking for.
● Make different colors of moon sand with the remaining bowls
Modifications:
● Beginner: Have someone help you out such as a parent/guardian, sibling, or friend. Making moon sand can be a messy process, but a fun one!
● Intermediate: Follow the instructions as is and you should be set to go!
● Advanced: Try and build space themed objects out of your moon sand. For example: rocket, stars, planets, aliens, etc. Show us how creative you are!
Alien Spacecraftw/ Ms. Jess
What You’ll Need: ● Clear cups ● Paper bowls ● Markers
● Googly eyes (variety of sizes) ● Plush felt pom pom balls ● Glue
Instructions:
● Have the campers draw and decorate the outsides of their bowls only ● Next have them pick out their favorite color pom pom ball
● Let them choose whatever size googly eyes they want and glue them on the pom pom ball to make their alien
● While the eyes are drying, glue the bowls together to make a dome/container shape, this will be the spaceship
● Next glue the alien to the top of the spaceship ● Place a cup over top of their alien and glue it down
Modifications:
● Beginner: If you can’t think of any ideas to decorate your ship, try looking up some patterns or having a parent help you!
● Intermediate: Try coming up with your own decoration ideas
● Advanced: Try making your spacecraft have 3D decorations by gluing or adding other materials to the bowl!
Toy Story Alien Handprint Card
What You’ll Need:
● Green cardstock paper ● Glue
● Scissors ● Pencil
● Black sharpie/marker ● Googly eyes (variety of sizes)
Instructions:
● Fold the green paper in half, “hamburger style”
● Trace the child’s left hand on the paper, with their pinky placed along the fold line
● Cut the handprint out with scissors, leaving the fold line along the pinky intact!
● Let the campers place the googly eyes where they want and glue them down ● Have the campers draw faces on their aliens with a sharpie/marker
● Open the card up and have the campers write a fun message...example: “You’re out of this world!”
Marshmallow Constellations w/ Ms. Bri
What You’ll Need:
● Bag of mini marshmallows ● Toothpicks
● Diagrams of popular constellations ● Black construction paper
● White crayons/colored pencils
Instructions:
● Have the campers look through the constellation diagrams to pick out their favorite one
● Have them draw it on their own on the black paper using a white crayon/colored pencil
● Suggest to them to use dots for the stars and lines to frame the constellation’s shape ● After they have finished drawing their constellation, have them make it out of
marshmallows and toothpicks, using the marshmallows as the stars and the toothpicks as the lines to frame the constellation’s shape
Modifications:
● Beginner: If drawing the constellation is too difficult that is ok! Instead, use white paper and place the constellation picture behind it for easy tracing. You can also glue the marshmallows down instead of using toothpicks.
● Intermediate: Try doing a harder constellation or multiple constellations!
● Advanced: Try drawing a constellation from memory and see how well you do. If that is still too easy for you, try doing it with just the marshmallows and toothpicks!
Stars in a Jar w/ Ms. Jenna
What You’ll Need: ● Mason Jar
● Glow Sticks (of any color) ● Scissors
Instructions:
● Prepare clean mason jars - clean & empty ● Pick out 3 glow sticks of any color of your choice
● Crack the glow sticks so you can see them starting to glow - be careful not to get it on your hands
● Cut off one end of each glow stick
● Open the jar and squeeze the contents from the glow stick into the mason jar ● Close the lid tightly
● Shake the jar so the contents from the glow stick cover the entire jar
● Wait until it is dark and take your jar outside if at night or into a dark room if inside to look at the stars!
Modifications:
● Beginner: Parents & campers complete this craft together!
● Intermediate: Have campers break the glow sticks while the parent cuts and empties it into the jar. Having the child shake the jar at the end
● Advanced: Campers can attempt to complete craft by themselves
Ziplock Solar System I-Spy Busy Bag w/ Mr. Tyler
What You’ll Need:
● Paper (for printing first 2 pages of Ziplock Solar System I-Spy Busy Bag printable)
● 2 laminating pouches
● 1-quart size Ziplock bag (brand not important) ● Inexpensive hair gel (preferable clear, blue, or purple
— I used about 10 ounces)
● Glitter (preferably gold, silver, or both) ● Blue food dye
● Scissors ● Laminator
Instructions:
● First, print out the first 2 pages of the Ziplock Solar System I-Spy Busy Bag document, if you haven’t already done so.
● Laminate the checklist to make it reusable when using a dry erase marker. ● Cut out all the objects on the first page.
● Laminate all the objects that you just finished cutting out.
● Now that they’ve been laminated, cut the objects out again leaving a border to ensure liquid does not seep inside.
● Fill the Ziplock bag with hair gel. I used approximately one third of may 26-ounce bottle, but you can use as desired.
● Sprinkle in a little glitter to represent “stars.” (I didn’t really use too much. Maybe 1/4 teaspoon each of silver and gold, though again, exact quantities are not
important.)
● Add the space objects to your bag. I added mine in one big pile, but I also had to spend 10 minutes separating them all from each other. I recommend adding a few at a time so they don’t overlap, and then sealing the bag and squishing them to the bottom before adding more. Almost done!
● Lastly, add some blue food coloring to your bag and squish it around to make the “I-Spy” aspect of the activity more challenging. I added 6 drops total.
Modifications:
● Beginner: Try putting in objects that are large into the bag so that they may be more visible. If you are still struggling, do not worry about playing ispy, but rather, enjoy the space bag you made.
● Intermediate: Follow the instructions as laid out, and you should be able to finish the iSpy bag.
● Advanced: Add smaller objects and more of them to make the game more challenging.
Star Stampingw/ Ms. Justine
What You’ll Need:
● Construction paper or star-shaped cookie cutter ● Black or dark construction paper
● Yellow washable paint Instructions:
● If you are creating your own paper star:
○ Draw a star on a piece of paper/sponge/cardboard ○ Cut out the star by following the lines
○ Dip the piece of paper in the yellow washable paint & stamp around the black or dark construction paper
● If you are using a star-shaped cookie cutter
○ Dip the star-shaped cookie cutter in the yellow washable paint & stamp around the black or dark construction paper
Modifications:
● Beginner: Use cookie cutter shapes for paint stamping, easy to use, no scissors necessary
● Intermediate: Cut out your favorite shapes for stamping (using a sponge, cardboard, construction paper, etc.)
● Advanced: Paint your shapes directly on the construction paper (you would need a paint brush for this!) You can also get creative and find other household items to stamp the star/moon shapes with (i.e. cups, paperclips, apple slices, etc.)
Alien Craftw/ Ms. Brooke
What You’ll Need:
● Paper Plate (1 per camper)
● Green Tissue Paper (10 sheets per group)
● Purple construction paper (10 sheets per group - campers will share) ● White construction paper (10 sheets per group - campers will share) ● Scissors
● Liquid Glue Instructions:
● Give each camper a paper plate and have them write their name on the back side (the side you do not eat off of)
● Give each camper a section of tissue paper and let them cut it into enough squares to cover their plate
● Now cover the front (the side you eat off of) your paper plate with a light layer of school glue. Cover with tissue paper
● Give campers a small section of each color of construction paper (make sure there’s enough to go around) and let them design their aliens face
● Once the paper plate is completely covered in tissue paper, glue on the facial features. Set aside, to let it dry completely.
Modifications:
● Beginner: Have parents cut out tissue paper and facial features
● Intermediate: Have campers cut out tissue paper and easy facial feature shapes ● Advanced: Have campers cut out tissue paper and more challenging facial feature
Blow Paint Aliensw/ Ms. Lexi
What You’ll Need:
● Paper (1 sheet per kid)
● Paint (Can be one or multiple colors) ● Straws (cut in half) ( ½ per kid) ● Googly eyes (4 per kid)
● Tape
● Liquid Glue
● Tablecloth/Trash bag
● Markers/Crayons/Colored Pencils Instructions:
● Cover tables and benches with tablecloth or trash bag and tape down ● Have campers write their names on their papers
● Place a few small drops of paint onto their paper and then use the ½ straw to blow the paint into an alien
● Let the campers decorate their aliens ● Leave on covered benches to dry Modifications:
● Beginner: Allow campers to place googly eyes on their aliens and/or give them arms and legs
● Intermediate: Allow campers to add stickers or cut-outs to their papers
● Advanced: Allow campers to draw space-themed objects (e.g. planets, spaceships, astronauts, etc.) to their papers
Galaxy Craftw/ Ms. Paige What You’ll Need:
● Black construction paper (1 per camper) ● Coffee filter (2 per camper)
● Markers ● Scissors ● Glitter glue ● Regular glue
● Star stickers (5 per camper) ● 2 spray bottles with water ● Tablecloth
● Tape
● Silver sharpie Instructions:
● Cover the tables and benches (used for drying) with tablecloth and tape down ● Give each camper their coffee filters and let them color them with markers
● Then spray the coffee filters with water so that the marker spreads. When the coffee filters are dry (and it doesn’t take very long), cut out some circles to make planets. ● Give each camper a piece of black construction paper and have them write their name on
it
● Glue the planets onto the construction paper. ● Add some stars
● Use the glitter glue to turn your stars into shooting stars. Modifications:
● Beginner: Use 1 color ● Intermediate: Use 2 colors