Step-by-step tutorial
Step 1
Got paper plates? Then you got yourself a saucer. First have your child glue both plates together. I always use tacky glue for these kinds of projects. It is so much stronger than school glue and saves me from dealing with little frustrated artists.
Step 2
Time to give that saucer the silver shine that we all imagine a flying saucer to have. Silver paint worked perfect for this. I bet you could even wrap it in some foil for a real shine!
Step 3
Any opportunity for glitter use and my daughter is on it! (Actually, I kind of love glitter myself, too...) The glitter was out before I knew it. This is definitely optional, though. We were outside and swept up the glitter easily.
Step 4
Gem lights were added next.
Step 5
For our little alien critters, we used two large pom-poms and added some googly eyes. A foil ball would be a pretty cute alien as well.
Step 6
My kids just loved this part. They decided this was a mom and dad alien! We added them right to the top and set our saucer out to dry.
Final result!
Once dry this was such a great invitation for my children to run around the yard with saucer in tote pretending to be aliens and having a space adventure.
