Preschool Space Activities: Part 3

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Teach your child about space with this fun collection of educational activities for kids! Great for tot school, preschool and home school!

Our preschool space activities unit is finally wrapping up, but I have a few activities left to share with you. We made nebula slime, planet toast, and I’m even offering my readers a free download of my latest educational eBook for kids! Let’s dive in!

Nebula Slime

This easy to make slime recipe is fun for kids and shows all the colors of a nebula in space

This was my first attempt at making slime (I know, I know, ‘what rock have I been hiding under??’) and it wasn’t initially a success but the second attempt was a total win! I was trying to keep my slime recipe a little safer by avoiding Borax. Instead I used StaFlo liquid starch. Honestly I’m not positive it’s that much more ‘natural’ than Borax but I figured if it’s safe enough to spray on clothes that are worn against your body all day then it can’t be too bad. We still made a habit of washing our hands thoroughly after handling just in case. I’ll show you the recipe, and then give you some tips and tricks so that your first batch turns out perfectly!

Easy Space Themed Tot School Activity: Nebula Slime!
Recipe:
  • 1 5oz bottle Clear Elmer’s Glue
  • About 1/2 C. StaFlo Liquid Starch
  • Food Coloring
  • Glitter

Pour the glue into a glass bowl and add food coloring and glitter until the desired appearance is reached. Once you are satisfied with the color, begin mixing in the StaFlo in small quantities. You can use a spoon initially, but eventually you will need to use your hands to really work it together. It’s a little like making a roux – the slower you combine the ingredients the more easily they mix. Continue adding StaFlo until your slime has reached your desired consistency. I prefer a less sticky slime so I used just over 1/2 C.

Get Messy Learning About Space with Nebula Slime!
Tips:
  • Go out and buy clear glue instead of trying to use some white glue you have around the house. The clear has a much more attractive appearance. When I used white glue the end result resembled a pile of intestines – believe me it wasn’t pretty!!
  • Store your slime in a jar or sealed bag – it will dry out and develop a weird film on top. Yuck!
  • To create the nebula affect in the pictures, I made 2 batches of slime – black with silver glitter, pink with black and silver glitter, and purple with silver and pink glitter. Complete each batch separately and then swirl together.

Planet Toast

Did you ever make milk toast as a kid? It was a favorite treat growing up and proved even more fun now! Best of all, you get to eat your art when you finish! This was an absolute hit with Nugget and Goose and we will definitely be doing it again. We ate our toast with just a bit of butter and jam but I’d love to see this worked into some seriously fancy grilled cheese sandwiches!

Planet Painted Toast for Space themed preschool, tot school or homeschool educational theme. Easy cooking for kids!
Recipe:
  • Several slices of bread, preferably white or a light colored wheat bread
  • food coloring
  • milk
  • round cookie cutter
  • clean paintbrushes or basting brushes
Planet Toast is easy to make and fun to eat! Perfect for a space themed tot school, preschool or homeschool unit!
Instructions:

Use the cookie cutter to slice the bread into circles. Pour a small amount of milk into several small ramekins and add food coloring to reach your desired colors. Now the fun part: use a paintbrush to paint designs on your bread. Once complete toast and enjoy!

painted toast planets for preschool space activities

What about those extra bread crusts??

This delicious bread pudding was created by Rachel at AMotherFarFromHome.com visit her site to get the recipe!

Don’t throw your crusts away! That’s just wasteful and you’d be missing out on a seriously awesome recipe. Instead save your bread crusts to make this delicious bread pudding recipe from Rachel at A Mother Far From Home! While you’re there – check out her website. She has some fantastic posts on schedules for babies and toddlers and lots of tasty recipes.

Free Space E-Book for Kids!

This kid friendly e-book is full of fun facts about our solar system and the people who explore it!

I was trying to think of a fun and different printable I could make to go with this unit, and to be honest it felt like so much has already been covered. We have the printable playmats, the nomenclature cards, what else could I make?So I decided to offer my readers a free download of my latest eBook! This is the first book in a new series of educational books for kids called ‘Fast Facts with Nugget & Goose’. The eBook is available on Amazon.com for $2.99 but I have a .PDF copy available for download FREE in my Digital Resource Library! I really hope you’ll check it out, and if you enjoy it please feel free to write a review on Amazon.com.

The 24 page book features beautiful watercolor illustrations and lots of entertaining and educational facts about the planets in our solar system.  If you don’t already have your access code for the digital resource library, just sign up below and one will be emailed to you right away. I hope you enjoy!!

I hope you’ve enjoyed all of the fun preschool space activities over the past few weeks. We sure enjoyed experimenting with them! If you missed my other posts you can see part 1, part 2, and a special feature on space themed books for kids by clicking the links. Comment below with any ideas for themes you would like to see in the future!