Saturn Hanging Decoration

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Saturn Hanging Decoration - finished Here is a fun craft for your child to do especially if they're currently learning about the solar system. Saturn is my daughter's favorite and we made this together. She liked it so much, we are going to hang it in her room.

Supplies:

glitter paint or any paint
paint brush
construction paper
textured scrapbook paper
scissors
tape
string

Steps:

Have your child paint their masterpiece. My daughter loves using glittery paint, but you can use any paint.

Saturn Hanging Decoration -child's glitter painting

Trace around a circular item (like a small plate) and cut it out from the masterpiece.

Saturn Hanging Decoration - trace around a plate to make the planet

Place your circle cutout over yellow construction paper and cut out a large oval (to resemble Saturn's ring).

Saturn Hanging Decoration - place on a sheet of yellow construction paper

Saturn Hanging Decoration - cut out and oval from the yellow paper

Saturn Hanging Decoration -planet sitting on oval that will become the rings

Cut out the center so it will now look like this:

Saturn Hanging Decoration -cut center out of the oval

Saturn Hanging Decoration - Saturn lying on the oval ring

Using scrap yellow construction paper, you'll want to make pieces to prop the circle up like so:

Saturn Hanging Decoration - back side of the planet showing scrap paper holding it in place

Saturn Hanging Decoration - bending planet up

Saturn Hanging Decoration - back view of positioning planet

Then using a piece of string/yarn tape so it could be hung.

Saturn Hanging Decoration - add a string hanger

Saturn Hanging Decoration - view of how it will hang

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