Planetarium at home

Littletree’s passion for astronomy still hasn’t waned and this week she spotted a build-your-own constellation night light projector kit at the local National Geographic shop.

Of course, the “kit” part meant that she actually had to assemble the thing herself

She spent ages poking holes in every individual star (with a little help), which was a great way to get better acquainted with the constellations.

And then we wrangled the globe into shape (fitting tab A into slot B about 97 times)

And finally!

It looks totally cool all lit up, but my little camera isn’t really up to the task of capturing low-light photos

So you can’t get the full effect, but with a 60-second exposure, this is how it looks:

Pretty darn awesome.