Looking for space crafts for kids? Try these yarn wrapped planets crafts! They're also a great fine motor craft.
I've always loved the look of yarn wrapped crafts and I figured my oldest son could try the technique out to make some really cool planets crafts.
The result is a set of beautiful yarn wrapped planets.
What You'll Need for this Planets Craft Idea
Here's what you'll need to make your own version:
- Cardboard
- Yarn
- Scissors
How to Make these Yarn Wrapped Planets Crafts
First you need to the cardboard into the rough shapes and sizes of the planets. Please note, they are not to scale. I eyeballed the sizes.
Next, you'll cut slits all around the planets to help keep the yarn in place. Your cardboard planets should now look like those shown below.
Once you have the cardboard planet shapes, it's time to start wrapping them in yarn!
My mom brought up two bags filled with yarn for me a few months ago and luckily, there happened to be all the right colors in the bags to make these planets. I placed the coordinating yarn next to each planet to make it easier for J to make the planets.
However, I did not anticipate how much J would struggle with this activity. His fine motor skills are pretty good, but he found this craft challenging. He climbed onto my lap and we worked on the planets together until he got the hang of things. By the time J got to Mars, he was starting to figure it out.
Wrap and pull, wrap and pull, wrap and pull...I kept chanting that to help keep J focused on the technique. Saturn's rings added another challenge, but he eventually did it.
Every time he finished a planet, we would place it in the correct order and say the planets' names together. A few days later and he can still rattle off the names of some of the planets and point to the correct one. I'm impressed with what J remembered from this activity!
And the end results are totally fabulous! How awesome did these yarn wrapped planets turn out?!
Other Space Themed Activities You'll Love
This post was part of the Fine Motor Fridays series. Here are some other ideas from this series:
Pouch Cap Sheep Printing from House of Burke
20 Fine Motor Skills for Toddlers from Powerful Mothering
Prewriting Fine Motor Activity from School Time Snippets
Fine Motor Cherry Blossom Tree Artwork from Still Playing School
The Carrot Seed Fine Motor Activities from Stir the Wonder
