Sun, Moon and Stars Craft

Today lesson was “I Am Thankful for the Day and the Night”. Thus, we are learning about everything about sun, moon and stars, that Heavenly Father had Jesus Christ create the day and the night to help us.

You'll Need:

• Paint – black and white (grey) or silver, red, orange and yellow
• Dark Blue or Black colour construction paper (1 piece)
• Light Blue construction paper (1/2 piece)
• Sponges
• Scissors
• Glue Stick
• Cup to trace the size of the sponge
• Cotton buds

To Make:

1. Cut the lighter blue construction paper in half. Use a glue stick and stick it down on half of the darker blue or black construction paper.
2. Print out the scriptures verses and cut out one for each kid in preparation.
3. Have your child paste down the verse at the top or bottom of the paper.
4. Find a cup to trace around and trace with a Sharpie on the sponge. Cut out where you traced. You will want two sponges – one for the sun and one for the moon.
5. If you have three paint colours – red, orange and yellow for the sun, squirt them out on a plate. Swirl with a cotton bud, but do not mix completely.
6. Have the kids dip the sponge in the paint and press it onto the lighter blue paper. Have them use a cotton bud to pull away from the paint to create the rays of the sun.
7. Mix the grey paint by combining black and white (or you might just start with a grey paint). In my case, I got silver paint, thus I used silver. Like the sun, just let them dip it and stamp.
8. As for the stars, as I do still have collections of stickers, I just asked the children to stick on the moon page.

There you have the great lights created by the Lord.

Here are some of the works of the children.