Solar System Space Garland 1.5m

Let the whole room become a launchpad for imagination with this soft felt solar-system garland! The Solar System Space Garland strings together a plush Sun and eight colourful planets - handmade and ready to transform a plain wall or corner into a magical cosmos. With gentle wool felt textures and cheerful planetary shapes, this garland turns astronomy into a tactile, visual treat that invites exploration and wonder every time someone glances up.

Educational benefits:

• Builds awareness of the solar system - children can learn the names of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, and begin to grasp the idea of planets orbiting a star.
• Encourages size and ordering concepts - the differing diameters (from smallest planet to the Sun) support understanding of big vs small, sequence from inner to outer planets, and relative comparison.
• Stimulates sensory and visual learning - the soft wool felt material adds a tactile dimension, complementing visual learning about shapes, colours and space.
• Promotes language and astronomy vocabulary - naming planets, discussing their order, colours and relative sizes helps build descriptive and scientific language.

Classroom & play activity ideas:

• Hang the garland across a wall or window and talk through the solar system - name each planet in order from the Sun outwards and ask children to point to each as you go.
• Use the garland as a "planet matching"  activity: supply picture cards or planet fact-cards and have learners match each planet's name or fact to the correct felt planet on the garland.
• Invite children to draw or paint their own space scene beneath the garland - then let them "place"  the garland planets above to complete their own imagined solar system.
• Incorporate story time: read a short story or picture book about space or astronauts, then use the garland as backdrop for imaginative play - pretend travel between planets, or retell the story using the planets.

Product Details

• Includes Sun + eight planets: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
• Diameter of Sun (largest): 7 cm; diameter of smallest (Mercury): 3 cm.
• Total garland length: 150 cm (1.5 m) string with planets attached.
• Weight: approximately 150 g.
• Material: Ethically hand-felted from 100% New Zealand wool, coloured with azo-free dye - soft and safe.
• Recommended age: 3 years and above.
• Safety: Contains small parts - choking hazard for any child under 3 years; adult supervision advised.

Fun fact:
The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, is so big that all the other planets combined could fit inside it - imagine stringing that many planets together and still having room!