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Make Your Own Constellation

You don't have to stay up late at night to star gaze, bring the stars into the space of your home with this Make Your Own Constellation activity.
Course Elementary Activities
Author Monique B

Ingredients

  • Glue
  • White crayon
  • Booklet
  • Instructions
  • Battery holder with cables
  • Two AA batteries
  • Fiber Optic bands one for each star
  • Carboard box
  • Black foam boards
  • Push pin careful – it’s sharp

Instructions

  • Bring out the constellation booklet. Let your child pick a constellation they want.
  • Use the box it came with and lay the black foam boards then put the constellation booklet on top of it.
  • Follow the colors of your desired constellation. Using the push pin, poke the black foam (make sure to guide your kids here so they will not poke themselves).
  • Connect the holes using the white crayon and make it just like the constellation that they picked.
  • Use the instruction booklet and follow through on how to set up the LED and connect the fiber optic bands.

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