DIY Solar System Mobile

This printable solar system mobile template is a perfect craft activity for your students to complete when learning about our planetary system.

Students will decorate and cut out the sun and planets and attach them to the mobile to create a fun eye-catching display of the solar system.

Solar System Models

The printable planets included in the resource can be used in many different ways. Ideas include:

• attach the planets to a single piece of string in the correct order
• put the planets on pop-sticks and have students simulate their orbits around the room
• cut out the illustrations and write a fact file about each planet. 🪐

The Order of the Planets

Students can practise ordering the planets by creating this solar system hanging mobile. The order of the planets in our solar system is as follows:

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth 🌏
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• #sorrypluto

Download and Go

This resource is an easy print-and-go activity for your students. Use the Download button to choose between the colour or black and white PDF version. Then, make your student copies and you are ready to go!