Creation Unit (Day 4)

Day 4 actually took a LITTLE prep for me. Partly because I didn't have any good ideas for a project to do for the sun, moon and stars and when I finally figured out what I wanted to do, I didn't have everything I needed.  So then I had to wait until I went to the store. I got a little impatient waiting to see what I Can Teach My Child was going to do next, so I continued without her posts, but I still recommend checking out what she did too.  (Ironically, though our projects didn't all turn out the same, we chose the EXACT same activities for day 3-6.... I guess there are just logical things to do to teach toddlers these concepts. :)


We started out the same as the other days by reading the section about Day 4 from the Bible and re-reading it from a children's Bible. Then we moved onto our craft. I decided to do a mobile with the three things God created. Here is Isaac starting on the sun. We used a paper plate and yellow and orange tissue paper. If you've received a gift from me lately, you know tissue paper is not something I usually have on hand. The last gift I gave, I was too embarrassed to not have tissue paper for so I went down the street to my sister's to borrow some of hers. :) Needless to say, this is one of the things I had to go buy, but now I've got some for the next time I have a gift to give!


I just cut a little of the paper into squares and helped Isaac put dots of glue on the paper. Then he chose a square and placed it on the plate. We did it to both sides of the plate. I got the idea from here. I adapted the Sunshine Art Project.

To make the moon, I took newspaper and cut out two crescent shapes and shredded up some paper as well. I got the idea here.

I placed the two crescents together and then I stapled around the outside edge to make a pocket.

Isaac helped me crumple the paper and fill the moon with it.

After it was "stuffed" I stapled the open side closed and it looked like a sort of 3-dimensional moon.

Isaac painted it yellow.

The only thing I didn't like about this project was that Isaac used a lot of paint which meant it took FOREVER to dry and I got impatient and had him paint the other side while the first side was still tacky in spots and it ended up ripping the paint off and I had to touch it up later. The other thing was that where he really saturated the paper with paint it ended up tearing just a little. It didn't really mess it up, but it just didn't look as nice. A sturdier paper might be better to use for this project.

Next we made the stars using cardstock stars, glue and glitter. Glitter was another thing I had to go purchase. I don't know if it was a good deal or not, but Target had this multi-pack for $2. I got the star pattern here.

He painted on the glue...

and then sprinkled on the glitter.

His finished product! I used a hole-punch to make a hole in the top of each project and then just used some twine to tie the pieces to a hanger. I thought it turned out great and it's hanging on the fan in his bedroom.

We also did his Day 4 picture from Bible Story Printables.

The only reason I put this picture in here was because he rested his little hand on mine while he colored. It was the sweetest thing ever!

I also found some random space and weather stickers that had suns, moons and stars in our sticker bin. He peeled them all off and then "colored" it when he got done.

Isaac singing Day 4 of Creation from I Can Teach My Child while holding his mobile. He was sort of distracted so I ended up singing most of it. Again, my son and cameras usually don't mix well. :)

Day 4, Day 4

God made sun, moon, stars galore!
Day 4, Day 4
God made sun, moon, stars galore!

Check out the activities from the other Days of Creation Unit:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
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