Lily turned eight! She really wanted a star science party which took a lot of brainstorming for me to come up with something fun, star-related, for the kids to do. We could have, of course, taken a couple of kids to the planetarium, but that seemed like too much effort and to much $$$ right now. So I brought the planetarium home by buying this:
This little toy projects the starmap onto the ceiling and comes with a CD tour of the constellations. So we blacked out the window in Lily's room and ushered her friends in there for a planetarium lecture as our first activity. After that I handed out paper and pins for kids to punch their own constellations out of paper.
After they were done punching holes I turned off the lights again and the kids could use flashlights to make their new constellations glow.
We served pizza for lunch then cake right after...
The kids beat up the most star-looking pinata I could find.
After presents we sent the kids home with glow-in-the-dark star stickers and star-shaped sunglasses.
The kids all seemed to have fun, and I didn't go crazy, so mission accomplished!
1 comment:
Happy Birthday Lily! That looks like such a fun Birthday party, you did a great job with it!
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