ROMKids Show: The One With The Constellations

Audience

Families, Kids

Age

Audience

Families, Kids

Age

Tune in every Tuesday at 2 pm on Instagram Live as ROM Kids Coordinator and Camp Director Kiron Mukherjee combines his passion for children’s education with storytelling to bring to life science, history and art for you and your loved ones in the comfort of your own home. Kiron will share activities, easy at-home crafts, behind the scenes anecdotes and fun facts—all connected to the ROM collections.

This time on the ROMKids Show we look up in the sky above us and learn about constellations! Educator Julie Tomé joins us to talk about the stories in the stars, and tells us the history of her favourites. Along the way, we’ll make our own sticker relief constellations using watercolours and salt!

ROMKids Show: The One With The Constellations

paper
watercolour paint and brush
low-tac star stickers
large grain salt

Step-by-Step

Step 1

Look up your favourite constellation on the internet, or make your own, and place your star stickers on your paper. Try and use low-tac stickers, or make your own, and use low-tac glue.

Step 2

Then take your watercolours and paint a night sky right over top of your stickers. Use darker colours like purples, blues, and blacks to get an interesting midnight sky.

Step 3

With the watercolours still wet, sprinkle the salt over top of your painting. The salt will absorb the water and leave a dappled look on your painting, sort of like the stars we can’t see in deep space.

Step 4

Once the paint has dried, shake off the salt, and carefully lift off your stickers. Congratulations you now of gorgeous piece of constellation art!

As the ROMKids Coordinator & Camp Director, Kiron is the public face of the Royal Ontario Museum’s family and children’s programs. Kiron started volunteering at the ROM at age 14 and has never looked back. Though he majored in history at York University, Kiron also considers his early years as a ROMKids camper to be a highly formative part of his education. Now, he strives to provide engaging and educational kids’ programming so that future generations can look back on their ROM experiences as fondly as he has.