Easy Outer Space Puppet Art Activity for K-2nd Grade

Try this super fun outer space puppet puppet art activity! This art project is for kids ages 4-8, it is super easy and it can be educational and fun. Teach kids about the solar system or make fun stories about aliens and spaceships both in the classroom and at home!

Educational and fun Outer Space Puppet Art for kids

Creating outer space puppets can be a creative and educational activity that is engaging, fun, and easy. This activity is flexible and can be used to teach about space and the solar system or it can encourage creativity with fun stories about aliens and spaceships! Kids can make this art project individually or in groups to create a story together! This art activity requires common school art supplies and about 30 minutes.
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This craft is easy to adjust for the situation by changing what puppets the kids are making. For a fun and easy art activity, ask the kids to make a story about space then make the puppets to tell their story. You can even turn this into a writing activity and practice writing by writing their story. To make a science activity, begin by teaching about something space related. For some lesson ideas here is a list of different space lessons you can teach to children. 

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Supplies Needed for Space Puppet art

Steps to make outer space puppets

First: Create a background

Using the black construction paper draw stars, a moon, and other space things with a white crayon to create the background for the puppets. You can make this more fun by using paint, or other art projects for a background. For a group project make you can create one big background for the puppets!
For more background ideas try this Stary Night art project with watercolors or make the walls shine with constellation activity using flashlights and black paper.

Next: draw the puppets

After the background has been made, create some puppets by drawing on colored paper. Some puppets you could make are planets, stars, comets, aliens, spaceships, rockets, and more! Make a rocket to fly through your solar system with this cardboard tube rocket!

Then: Cut out the puppets

We are almost done! Now we need to cut out our puppets from the paper. If you want you can also assemble your puppets with multiple parts and different colored paper. Make as many puppets as you would like!

Finally: Glue the puppets to the sticks

The last step to make your outer space puppet art activity is to glue your puppets to popsicle sticks. Then you are all done! You can create a show with the puppets and have show and tell, or use the puppets to learn about how the earth spins around the sun and the moon spins around the earth!

Our Finished Outer Space Puppet Art!

These are our outer space puppets from summer camp! We had so much fun making these and they were very creative! We learned so much about space and had a great time exploring outer space with this easy art activity!

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What fun outer space puppets did you make? Tell us in the comments below!