This sticky wall rocketship is a great fine motor activity as well as a great activity for talking about shapes. Because XGirl has been so interested in all things related to space, I set up this sticky wall rocketship activity for her one afternoon to indulge her interests. I was really curious to see what she would come up with.
I love sticky wall activities because they make activities feel so fresh and new. Rather than doing an activity on a tabletop, they encourage kids to do activities on a vertical surface. And there is the added sensory dimension of the sticky contact paper that makes things really interesting in as well. My kids always get intrigued when they see a new sticky wall go up in our home. 🙂
Note: For more space-related activities, see my Space Unit Study page.
To prepare this activity, I gathered the following materials:
I set out our Spielgaben set on two chairs to make the pieces easily accessible for XGirl.
I then invited XGirl over to build a rocketship on the sticky wall.
She likes to model most of her rocketships after the Apollo 11 space craft that landed the first men on the moon. So she started by creating the top of her rocketship where the command and lunar modules of the Apollo 11 were housed.
She then decided to add the fire and smoke at the bottom to signify what happens on liftoff.
And this was her final creation!
More resources for learning about space
More space-related posts from Gift of Curiosity:
- Space Printables Pack
- How do astronauts eat in space?
- DIY astronaut glove box
- Astronaut Do-a-Dot Printables
- Montessori phases of the moon activities
- How did the moon get its craters?
- Recording the Earth’s rotation with shadows
- How planets orbit the sun
- Constellation craft for kids
- Solar system 3-part cards
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