DLTK's Crafts for Kids
National Moon Day
Who can forget the "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" that took place on July 20, 1969?
But sometimes we do forget that our kids weren't there to witness it and to them it's, er, ancient history. (Truth be told, I wasn't even born yet!). Help your kids learn about and relate to this historical event while having a bit of fun with one of the the crafts above.
Neil Armstrong was Spacecraft Commander for Apollo 11 (July 16-2l, 1969) the first manned lunar landing mission, and holds the distinction of being the first man to walk on the moon. On July 20, 1969, he stepped off the Lunar Module named "Eagle", onto the surface of the moon, from which he could look up and see the Earth in the heavens as no one had done before him and few have done since (who knows, maybe your child will see the breathtaking view one day).
He was shortly joined by "Buzz" Aldrin, and the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned with 46 pounds of lunar rocks. That's a lot of rocks.
Following completion of their lunar surface activities, Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., maneuvered the lunar module to a rendezvous with Command Module Pilot Michael Collins who had remained in lunar orbit in the command module "Columbia".
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Orbiting Objects Paper Plate Craft preschool and kindergarten |
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Porthole Paper Plate
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Rocket Toilet Paper Roll Craft
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Moon nursery rhymes:
Moon poems:
Other related links:
Blog Post: "Strawberry Moon: Full Moons, Creative Inspiration, and Caring"