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Kid's Glow-in-the-Dark Solar
System Project......August 2001
© Copyright 2001 by AOK Corral Craft and Gift Bazaar.
All rights reserved.
Materials Needed:
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One piece, 2 yards long, Black Denim
Fabric
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6-9 Bowls with various diameters
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Paint Brush (1/2" wide)
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Glowing Fabric Paints (Multiple Colors)
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Pencil
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Solar System
Information:
Each planet
is listed in order from the sun, with size and color information to help
in picking out bowl sizes for the circles, and picking out paint colors.
For more information about each planet go to http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
The
number next to the planet name indicates the order of the 9 planets from
largest to smallest:
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Mercury -
8
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4,878 km diameter
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Dark Gray
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Venus - 6
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12,104 km diameter
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Multi-colored
oranges and yellows white clouds
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Earth - 5
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12,756 km diameter
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Blue & Green
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1 moon
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Mars - 7
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6,792 km diameter
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Red
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2 moons
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Jupiter -
1=Largest
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143,844 km diameter
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Yellow &
Red bands of gases
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16 moons
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Saturn - 2
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120,536 km diameter
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Beige with gas
rings
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18 moons
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Uranus - 3
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51,118 km diameter
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Turquoise color
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18 moons
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Neptune -
4
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49,532 km diameter
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Deep Blue
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8 moons
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Pluto - 9=Smallest
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2,300 km diameter
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unknown color
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1 moon
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Take your 2 yards
of black denim fabric, open it out flat, then cut in down the middle along
the full 72 inches. (Your finished piece should measure 72" long and either
22 1/2" high or 30" high, depending on the fabric width.)
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Stretch out one
piece on a table or somewhere flat where it will be able to sit and dry
for 12-24 hours.
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Draw in a piece
of the sun in the corner, as your starting point.
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Using your various
bowl sizes to create the planets, draw pencil lines around the bowls at
the placement of each planet. (The planets are listed above in their correct
order from the sun.)
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Color in each
of the planets with glowing fabric paints. (You can make this a fun learning
project and go to the website above to learn more about planet features
to help paint them with more individual characteristics.)
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Add stars, comets,
space ships etc...
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Let dry for about
24 hours.
Done!
Tack it up on the ceiling, turn
out the lights and enjoy your trip through space!
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All rights reserved.
These projects are for your personal use only and may
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