One printable, endless ways to explore the solar system.

Instructions + Ideas

Play Dough Planets: Laminate the pages or slide them into plastic page protectors. Let your child roll, press, and shape play dough right on top of the empty circle to recreate each planet. Peel off and start again — this printable is endlessly reusable.

Paint Your Own: Set out watercolors, finger paints, or tempera and let your child paint each planet in the blank circle. Encourage them to look at the hand-painted example on the left and notice the colors, patterns, and details. What do they see in Jupiter's swirls? Why is Mars so red?

Color & Draw: Print on regular paper and use crayons, colored pencils, or markers to color each planet. For older learners, try adding details — craters on Mercury, the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, or rings around Saturn.

Dry Erase Practice: Slip laminated pages into a dry erase sleeve or use a laminator. Kids can draw, erase, and draw again with dry erase markers — perfect for classroom centers or busy bags.

Does your little one love exploring space?

Our Moon Unit Early Learning Bundle takes the adventure further with 18 hands-on activities — including moon phase cards, a lunar cycle tracking chart, and a STEM orbits project. Every page features original hand-painted watercolor artwork, just like this one. Browse all of our Montessori-inspired learning bundles at lizadorabooks.com.

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