Bring Back Moon Joy with Artemis II Inspired Activities

May 19, 2026 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

It’s always fun to learn about the moon, but if your kids (at home or in the classroom) got into the Artemis II mission, no’s a great time to bring some moon and NASA themed learning activities into the classroom.

I found a bunch of cute NASA badges on Pinterest (such as these) that you can print out and have kids fill in with their names and draw a picture on. Or there’s an editable version from Smile World Language on Teachers Pay Teachers than you can use to insert a real photo of the child and print out.

Once you’ve got your ID, you might want to craft a space helmet, too. Try this version made with a paper plate from twinkl or grab a template from More Printable Treats. You could also make these cute future astronaut printable hats from Primary Playground.

NASA has a lot of great resources for teachers to use for learning about the moon and space in the classroom, including one on picking a crew for your mission, moon observation and an activity where you design your own crew module, stabilizing fins, heat shield and more. There’s also a PDF coloring page and instructions on how to draw Artemis.

Kids can also research an astronaut (at NASA or elsewhere) or learn more about the moon with our previously published moon learning activities. And while this one isn’t about Artemis I like the moon landing printables (especially the moon shaped information wheel) in this set of printables from Kindergarten Matters at Teachers Pay Teachers.

And if you have little ones who love pretend play, I found a couple of cute space station themed pretend play printable sets from The Mountain Teacher CO and Dana M Design, both on Etsy. These would be fun for home play or for the science or pretend play section of the classroom (or both; make one mission control and one the space station!). Pictured here are space flash cards from Dana’s design.

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Pumpkin Worksheets for Kids

This time of year is a great time for pulling out all the apple and pumpkin themed worksheets to add a little seasonal fun to your learning. Let’s take a look at some fun pumpkin themed worksheets for the classroom or homeschool.

If you want some pumpkin printables that are actually about pumpkins, check out the pumpkin life cycle worksheets from 24 Hour Family that include parts of a pumpkin, life cycle, vocabulary, shape and counting activities. Rock Your Homeschool also has a cute printable and foldable life cycle worksheet for the life cycle of a pumpkin that kids can color and put together.

Inspire the Mom has ideas for a pumpkin unit study as well as printables (free with email signup) that include parts of the pumpkin, letter recognition, lesson plans and more. The blog post also includes more ideas for things like pretend play and centers, as well as books and videos with a pumpkin theme you can include in your study.

Do some pumpkin themed color by number with these printable coloring pages from The Artisan Life. Or try your hand at pumpkin I-spy with this printable from The Best Ideas for Kids.

Work on shape recognition and matching with this color, cut and paste activity from Free 4 Classrooms. And get some cutting practice with a pumpkin twist with these worksheets from Simple Everyday Mom.

These last two have a bunch of different fall themed worksheets to choose from, some of which include pumpkins. Willa Bean and Co. has a pumpkin themed alphabet set that includes pumpkins with the letters inside them and sets of upper and lower case letters on seeds you can use for matching.

And Worksheeto has a bunch of fall themed phonics worksheets, including pumpkin sight words with fall themed words and pumpkin letter matching.

For more pumpkin learning fun, see our pumpkin printables for kids and pumpkin STEM activities lists.

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