
5,4,3,2,1 โ itโs time to blast off with an out of this world activity โ a super spacey build an astronaut craft!
Like my other cut and paste crafts, itโs a simple activity that is great for developing your childโs cutting and sticking skills, and an awesome chance to practice some pencil control and fine motor skills as well!
This space craft is brilliant for preschool and kindergarten age children to use (although you may need to help them with the cuttingโฆ) because itโs so simple for them to put together!
And thereโs a color and a black and white template โ so your little learners can choose the colors and decorate their spaceman as they wish. While weโre talking about it, why havenโt NASA sent up any neon rainbow astronauts yet?
And if youโre a teacher, this cut and paste space craft could also make a lovely activity for the classroom!
Other cut and paste crafts you may want to check out:
- Build-A-Shark
- Build-A-Unicorn
- Build-A-Fairy
- Build-A-Superhero
- Build-A-Leprechaun
- Build-A-Pirate
- Build-An-Easter Bunny
Or you can browse all the other printable cut and paste crafts here.
What Skills Can Your Children Learn And Practice?



When making this cute little cosmonaut, your children will have the chance to practice and develop some skills such as:
- Cutting Skills โ if you feel theyโre ready, you can let them have a go at cutting out the pieces all by themselves โ theyโll need to be careful and have good scissor control if they want to cut out the pieces neatly
- Fine Motor Skills โ when theyโre sticking and picking up and moving the parts and placing them where they need to go
- Pencil Control โ if you print off the black and white version they can practice their pencil control and develop hand strength through coloring.
This simple craft will also give them a chance to practice their concentration and perseverance skills as they may find it tricky to place the pieces exactly where they want them to go.
How To Prepare This Build an Astronaut Craft
First youโre going to want to download the astronaut templates by clicking on the download box at the bottom of the page โ Iโve made a color and a black and white version!
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Other materials youโll need:
- Safety scissors
- Card stock or Craft paper
- Some good glue
- Some coloring pencils or pens
Once youโve downloaded the templates, youโll need to print them off onto paper or card.
Then, you can cut them out. Or if youโd like your children to get some cutting practice, you can let them have a go.
Then you can stick all the pieces together to make your astronaut.
It can be really nice to let youโre kids have a bit of free rein here and see if they can work it out โ kind of like a puzzle.
If theyโre struggling, the order Iโd do it in is:
- Stick the face to the head
- Stick the little circles (no idea what the technical name is Iโm afraid) to the back of the head
- Stick the head to the body
- Stick the arms to the body
- Stick the oxygen tube to the body
- Stick the feet to the body
(I expect you could have worked that out but I do like to be thoroughโฆ)
The finished one should look something like this:



5,4,3,2,1โฆโฆโฆ Blast off!
If you want to, you could always laminate the pieces before putting them together and use them as a puzzle. That way, the different parts would be kept nice and they can use them again and again.
Iโve also created even more cute characters which I will be releasing in the coming weeks so they could use them together in a mix and match game as well (if you donโt want to miss them you can turn on notifications by clicking on the bell in the bottom right corner).
A few more free cut and paste animals you may want to check out:
- Printable Build A Fox Craft
- Printable Build A Shark Craft
- Printable Build A Narwhal Craft
- Printable Build A Cat Craft
After that youโre all done!
Let your kids practice their cutting and sticking skills in a simple and fun way!
But Waitโฆ Thereโs Also A Black And White Build an Astronaut Template!



Iโve also made a black and white version which would be an awesome way for your little ones to practice their coloring skills and personalize their astronaut in their own way!
So why not crack out the pens, crayons, paints or collage (or all of them if youโre feeling adventurous) and let your kids get creative!
Iโd love to see what they create!


