Welcome to Toddler Camp! A daily itinerary of themed ideas to keep your toddler busy while you’re at home! You can find more themes and the full guide to Toddler Camp here.
We couldn’t have a toddler camp without a space day! This day was great because every craft and activity tied into one another so it felt like a really cohesive day full of imaginative play.
Keep reading for activities, sensory ideas and craft projects all celebrating outer space!
Movies + Shows To Watch
Need a few fun movie and show ideas to get the kids excited about space day? Try the below!
Load up with your jet pack and rocketship (see tutorials below) and head out on a “space walk”! Keep an eye out for other “aliens” or hunt for “space rocks” to paint later.
If you can’t go outside, turn bowls upside down to be “planets” and place them throughout a hallway or room in your house and create an obstacle course to avoid the aliens that live on all the different planets!
Flip a colander upside down and hand your toddler a pile of pipe cleaners. They can feed the pipe cleaners through the holes and turn it into a “UFO”! Great for their fine motor skills.
Plastic Bottle Jet Pack
If you have any soda, milk or water bottles… save them! They make a perfect jet pack! You can get the full tutorial on how to make one here.
Cardboard Rocket Ship
Turn a cardboard box into a rocket ship! Cut six equal sized rectangles and six triangles (that are the same width at the bottom as the short side of your rectangles). Let your kids go crazy painting and decorating them.
Cut a hole in one of the rectangles if you want your kids to be able to have a stuffed animal or doll “ride” in the
Then assemble them into a rocket ship. Hot glue (adults only!) the rectangles (long sides) together into a hexagon shape. Then hot glue a triangle to the top of each rectangle and glue the sides of the triangles together to form the top of the rocket.
Add paper or felt “fire” to the bottom.
You can also cut out a hexagon to glue to the bottom of the rocket to close up the bottom if you’d like!
Games + Puzzles
I found a few awesome space themed toys that would be a great addition to a toy collection:
Here’s a few cute books to read that are all about space:
- Buddy’s Bedtime Battery by Christina Geist
- How To Catch A Star by Oliver Jeffers
- Steve the Star by Kamron Webb
- Toy Story (Little Golden Book)
Shop them in my Amazon shop here!
If you want to learn more about how I structure our “camp” days, check out this post. The schedule allows for free play and downtime as well.
And of course, if you make or do any of these projects, please tag me if you share a picture or story on Instagram so I can see!!
Karibu katika Kambi ya Watoto Wadogo! Njia ya kila siku ya mawazo ya mandhari ya kuweka mtoto wako busy wakati wewe ni nyumbani! Unaweza kupata mandhari zaidi na mwongozo kamili wa Kambi ya Watoto hapa. Hatungeweza kuwa na kambi ya watoto wadogo bila siku ya anga! Siku hii ilikuwa nzuri kwa sababu kila ufundi na shughuli ziliunganishwa kwa kila mmoja kwa hivyo ilihisi kama siku ya mshikamano kamili ya mchezo wa kufikiria. Endelea kusoma kwa ajili ya shughuli, mawazo ya hisia na miradi ya ufundi wote kusherehekea nafasi ya nje! Sinema + Maonyesho ya Kuangalia Unahitaji filamu chache za kufurahisha na maoni ya kuonyesha ili kuwafanya watoto wawe na msisimko juu ya siku ya anga? Jaribu ile iliyo hapa chini! Kubeba juu na jet pack yako na rocket ship (tazama mafunzo hapa chini) na kichwa nje juu ya <unk>space kutembea<unk>! Kuwa macho kwa ajili ya wengine "aliens" au uwindaji kwa ajili ya "mahali miamba" ya kuchora baadaye. Kama huwezi kwenda nje, kugeuka bakuli juu na chini kuwa "mbingu" na kuweka yao katika ukumbi au chumba katika nyumba yako na kujenga njia ya kizuizi ili kuepuka wageni ambao wanaishi juu ya sayari zote tofauti! Piga colander juu chini na umpe mtoto wako rundo la dawa za kusafisha mabomba. Wanaweza kulisha wasafishaji wa mabomba kupitia mashimo na kuigeuza kuwa "UFO"! Ni bora kwa ajili ya ujuzi wao wa magari. Chupa ya plastiki Jet Pack Kama una soda yoyote, maziwa au chupa ya maji... kuhifadhi yao! Wao hufanya jet pack kamilifu! Unaweza kupata mafunzo kamili juu ya jinsi ya kufanya moja hapa. Gari-Mlipuko la Kadi Geuza sanduku la kadi kuwa meli ya roketi! Punguza pembetatu sita zenye ukubwa sawa na pembetatu sita zenye upana sawa chini ya pembetatu yako. Weka watoto wako kwenda wazimu uchoraji na mapambo yao. "Kutumia shimo katika moja ya mstatili kama unataka watoto wako kuwa na uwezo wa kuwa na stuffed mnyama au doll ""kuendesha"" katika ""Safari ya anga"" kisha kukusanya yao katika roketi." Gundi moto (kwa watu wazima tu!) Mstatili (upande mrefu) pamoja katika umbo hexagon. Kisha gundi tatu kwa moto juu ya kila mstatili na gundi pande za pembetatu pamoja ili kuunda juu ya roketi. Ongeza karatasi au felt <unk>moto<unk> chini. Unaweza pia kukata nje hexagon glue kwa chini ya roketi kufunga chini kama unataka! Michezo + Puzzles Nilipata toys kadhaa ya ajabu ya mandhari ya nafasi ambayo ingekuwa nyongeza kubwa kwa mkusanyiko wa toys: Hapa ni vitabu vichache vya kupendeza kusoma ambavyo vyote ni kuhusu nafasi: - Buddy's Bedtime Battery na Christina Geist - Jinsi ya Kukamata Nyota na Oliver Jeffers - Steve the Star na Kamron Webb - Toy Story (Kitabu Kidogo cha Dhahabu) Ununue katika duka langu la Amazon hapa! Kama unataka kujifunza zaidi kuhusu jinsi mimi muundo wetu <unk>camp<unk> siku, kuangalia nje ya chapisho hili. Ratiba inaruhusu kwa ajili ya kucheza bure na downtime pia. Na bila shaka, ikiwa utafanya au kufanya yoyote ya miradi hii, tafadhali niambatishe ikiwa unashiriki picha au hadithi kwenye Instagram ili niweze kuona! !