Glow Planets and Supernova

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$19.94 ~~$26.95~~ /

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Lights go out, and a ceiling full of stars glows back.

✨ Glow effect – stars charge under ordinary room light, then glow once the lights go off
🌟 Star variety – 100 stars in various sizes for big anchor stars and tiny gap-fillers
🪐 Planet colour – a set of colourful paper planets to mix in among the stars
🖐️ Easy fixing – adhesive tape included, so children can press stars and planets in place themselves
🔇 Silent play – no batteries, no sound, and nothing to switch on
🎂 Age fit – made for 3 years and up, with adults handling the high ceiling spots

The Educator's Note

Placing 100 stars in a considered layout is a real planning task, and peeling and pressing each one into place builds the finger-and-thumb grip needed for holding a pencil.
The charge-then-glow loop gives children a clear, repeatable experiment in cause and effect with light, and it needs no batteries.
It makes a quiet project that a child can do alone or with a parent, and it suits a wide span: placing stars at 3, designing constellations at 7 or 8.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

Recommended for ages 3 years +

🎨 Artist

Creative Expression

📖 Storyteller

Role Play & Imagination

🔬 Scientist

Curiosity & STEM

🔇 Silent

No sound

🏠 Indoor

Living Room / Playroom

👤 Independent Play

Solo / Self-Correcting

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Involvement

Guided / Scaffolding Required

🤏 Fine Motor

Precision & Grip

🧠 Cognitive

Problem Solving & Logic

💡 Creativity

Innovation & Imagination

The Educator's Note

Placing 100 stars in a considered layout is a real planning task, and peeling and pressing each one into place builds the finger-and-thumb grip needed for holding a pencil.
The charge-then-glow loop gives children a clear, repeatable experiment in cause and effect with light, and it needs no batteries.
It makes a quiet project that a child can do alone or with a parent, and it suits a wide span: placing stars at 3, designing constellations at 7 or 8.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

🎨 Artist

📖 Storyteller

🔬 Scientist

🔇 Silent

🏠 Indoor

👤 Independent Play

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Involvement

🤏 Fine Motor

🧠 Cognitive

💡 Creativity

Switch off the light and the ceiling glows with a sky your child planned and placed themselves. This set has 100 glow-in-the-dark stars in various sizes plus colourful paper planets, with adhesive tape included for sticking everything up. It suits children from 3 years and up. At this stage they love arranging, pressing and checking their work, and a dark room gives them an instant, satisfying result.

Also available in a great value bundle

Our educator sees this working best for children who like to arrange, decorate and tell stories about what they make.

3 to 4 year olds who are ready for peeling, pressing and placing, with a parent lifting them to reach the ceiling
5 to 8 year olds who want to design constellations, name planets and rebuild the sky they've seen in books
Children refreshing a bedroom or cubby, whether it's a new big-kid bed or a room that needs a calmer look at lights-out
Families after a quiet shared project for a weekend afternoon, with no batteries and no set-up beyond sticking things up

Switch off the light and see what they built

The payoff comes when the room goes dark. The stars your child placed glow back from the ceiling, with the planets sitting among them. With 100 stars in various sizes, there are enough to make real choices: big stars as anchors, tiny ones to fill the gaps.

Planning a sky builds real skills

Deciding where each star goes is a planning task. Children step back, judge the empty patches, then reach up and place the next one. Peeling the tape and pressing each piece into place exercises the finger-and-thumb grip they'll use to hold a pencil. The paper planets add a second shape and colour to balance, so the layout becomes a small design problem rather than a row of dots.

Light in, glow out

The stars need light to charge. Leave the room light on, switch it off, and they glow. Then do it again. That simple loop is a first lesson in cause and effect, and 3 to 5 year olds will repeat it until they've tested every angle. The maker says the stars glow for hours. As with all glow-in-the-dark pieces, they are brightest first and fade gently, which gives a bedroom a soft glow at lights-out.

Where it fits, and where it leads

Bedroom ceilings, the wall above a bed, the inside of a cubby or play tent all work. Adults should handle the high spots, and it's worth testing a hidden patch of wall or ceiling first, as paint finishes vary. At 3, children place stars wherever they like. By 6 to 8, they start building named constellations and inventing stories about their planets. For more space-themed play, browse our Space & Robots range. With no batteries and no noise, it works for solo play or building the sky together.

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Why gift givers choose this

No batteries needed: room light charges the stars, so there's nothing to replace
Silent, calm play: no sound or flashing, so it sits well in a bedroom at lights-out
100 stars to work with: enough pieces for children to experiment with layouts and rearrange
Everything included: stars, planets and adhesive tape in one set, ready to stick
Grows with them: from placing stars at 3 to designing constellations at 7 or 8