Description
A UFO craft
Number of Participants
For any number of participants
Space Considerations
An indoor space with room for children to do a craft
Competencies
- Artistic expression
- Eye-hand coordination
- Following directions
Materials
- Paper bowls (or paper plates)
- Materials for colouring, such as markers and crayons. Paint is optional
- Clear plastic cups
- Liquid glue
- Googly eyes
- Pompoms in various sizes: large ones for the aliens and small ones for decoration
- Adhesive gems
Preparation
- Display a prepared sample of the flying saucer to show participants.
Implementation
1. Have the participants colour or paint the exterior of two paper bowls and set them aside to dry if needed.
2. Next, participants will create their alien. They will attach googly eyes to a large pompom using the liquid glue. Set the alien aside with ample time to dry.
3. Then participants will glue both bowls (or plates) together to form the body of the flying saucer.
4. Using the gemstones and small pompoms, kids can add pretend lights or markings to their flying saucer.
5. Once the googly eyes have dried on the pompom alien, it can be glued to the top of the flying saucer.
6. Participants will colour or draw pretend beams of light on one of the plastic cups. Paint sticks work well since they have a waxy consistency.
7. Attach the cup to the base of the spaceship with glue. A glue gun can help to speed up drying time here, but adult assistance will be required. Once dry, participants can play with their flying saucer. Hint: kids can fit small animal figurines inside the beam and pretend to lift them into the spacecraft.
Accessibility Considerations
- Offer pre-cut templates
- Set out glue on a plate for all kids to share
- Print instructions on bigger paper with larger font
- Offer tactile craft pieces to stick onto the alien’s ship
- Offer kids a blank page to draw their own alien rather than cutting out the template
Book Suggestions
The Book from Far Away by Bruce Handy and Julie Benbassat
Invasion of the Unicorns by David Biedrzycki
Super Space Weekend: Adventures in Astronomy by Gaëlle Alméras and David Warriner
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