Space: Paper Mache (part 2); Rocketship Turn-Taking Games

Art Project “Paper Mache Planets” (Part 2): We were excited that we got to finish our planets today by painting our hardened paper mache. We split up in two small groups and our task was to work together and to cover the whole paper mache balloon with paint. But first, we had to decide as a group what planet we wanted to make and pick the paint color accordingly. We looked at a picture of the different planets and then one group decided to make the sun and the other the planet Saturn. 

After we finished our art project we had a snack and then played some fun board games. The older kids in the group played the following game: 

Rocketship Cooperative Board Game: The objective of the game was to move all game pawns (our pretend astronauts) across the board to the rocketships. We used a color and number dice at the same time but the twist was that we did not pick a colored pawn but all worked as a team to get to the finish line. When the pawn landed on a colored circle, the player drew an action/question card. 

Here are some examples of the action/question cards.

   
The younger Clubhouse students played a fun rocketship matching game. 

Rocketship Matching Game: Each player chooses a game card with different colored rocketships. A bowl with corresponding colored rocketships is passed from one player to the next. The player whose turn it is draws a rocketship out of a container without being able to see what color it is. If the player draws a color that is represented on his or her own board, the player can match the rocketship to his/her on board or he/she can ask the other players if they need the color that was drawn. The player who has matched all colors on his board wins the game.