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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Activities and Crafts for Johnny Appleseed Day

Johnny Appleseed Day is sometimes celebrated on Sept. 26 because that is John Chapman’s birthday, but even if you’re just doing an apple unit study for fall it’s a great time to talk about Johnny Appleseed.

And that’s the place to start, that Johnny Appleseed was a real person named John Chapman who was born in 1774 in what was then the province of Massachusetts Bay. He traveled west when he turned 18 and despite the image of him randomly tossing apple seeds everywhere, he was really a deliberate planter of apple tree nurseries, which he left in the care of others and checked on every year or two.

Learn a little more of his story with these cute coloring pages (though not entirely historically accurate, they’re still cute) from Homeschool of 1. They also have a Johnny Appleseed themed word search printable.

This pin of a Scholastic News page doesn’t link to a website, but it gives you some basic information and a true and false quiz you can use with kids.

Crystal & Co. has a cute apple themed counting mini book you can print and use with your Johnny Appleseed unit. They also have some coloring pages with a bit of handwriting practice. Or practice cutting with the Johnny Appleseed themed worksheets from 3 Boys and a Dog.

Make a Johnny Appleseed puppet to help tell the story with this craft with a free printable template from Simple Everyday Mom. You’ll also find some cute printable worksheets there to learn his story and put it in the correct order.

Color, cut out and assemble this Johnny Appleseed drawing from Homeschool Preschool. They also have an apple seed counting activity you can use for practicing one to one correspondence.

Tiaras and Tantrums has a free printable apple unit that includes Johnny Appleseed facts and coloring pages, as well as how to say apple in different languages, tracing apple vocabulary, art project ideas, science experiments and more.

And if you need more apple themed activities to go with your Johnny Appleseed celebrations, check out my posts on apple crafts and apple learning activities.

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