22+ Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipses Printables & Crafts

A fun collection of lunar eclipses and solar eclipse activities that you can do with kids.

The next total solar eclipse in the USA is April 8, 2024. And we are excited about it. But you can watch past solar eclipses online, and it is a great science activity to do with kids.

These are always nice to add to a sun or moon study.

22+ Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipses Printables & Crafts - A few fun ideas for the solar eclipse that is coming soon - 3Dinosaurs.com

The Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipses Printables & Crafts is a great addition to the space activities on the site.

What Is a Solar Eclipse?

A solar eclipse happens when, at just the right moment, the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth. There are three types of solar eclipse: total solar eclipse, annular solar eclipse and partial solar eclipse.

What Is a Lunar Eclipse?

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. There are three types of lunar eclipse: total lunar eclipse, partial lunar eclipse, and penumbral lunar eclipse.

A jump to the lunar and solar printables and activities you are looking for. These are all the sections you will find below.

Solar Eclipse Books
Lunar & Solar Eclipse Printables
Lunar & Solar Eclipse Crafts & Activities

Solar Eclipse Books

Total Solar Eclipse: A Stellar Friendship Story is a great one for solar eclipses. And love that it is a fun story and well as facts.

Eclipse by Andy Rash is a fun look at the total solar eclipse and how fun they are. This shows the plans they took to go see a solar eclipse.

Totality!: An Eclipse Guide in Rhyme and Science is full of facts and information about solar eclipse. This a great great science book for kids to learn more about eclipses.

Eclipse: Our Sky’s Most Dazzling Phenomenon is a book coming in 2024 in time for the next Total solar eclipse that has information about solar eclipse and lunar eclipse!

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Lunar & Solar Eclipse Printables

1. Solar Eclipse Weekly Packs For Kids

Solar Eclipse Weekly Packs have six levels of learning for kids. These are easy no-prep printables to use to learn about solar eclipses. They have five days of printables with different types of solar eclipses in them.

2. Solar Eclipse Sequencing: Partial, Annular, And Total Eclipse

Solar Eclipse Sequencing: Partial, Annular, and Total Eclipse with writing, reading, clip cards, number order card with lots of writing and variations for the five part sequencing printables for eclipses - 3Dinosaurs.com

Solar Eclipse Sequencing has three types of solar eclipse with partial, annular and total solar eclipses. You have easy reader book, clip cards, writing and more.

3. Eclipse Recording Sheet Printables

Free Eclipse Recording Sheet: Lunar or Solar - an easy to print printable to help kids record their observations of eclipses - 3Dinosaurs.com

Eclipse Recording Sheet Printables has pages that can be used for the solar eclipse and one for lunar eclipse as well. A fun recording sheet to use.

4. Solar Eclipse Coloring Pages Printables

Free Solar Eclipse Coloring Pages - simple coloring pages with the Sun, Moon, Earth and the parts of a total solar eclipse - Sequencing words for the total solar eclipse there. - 3Dinosaurs.com

Solar Eclipse Coloring Pages is a simple coloring page for a total solar eclipse with pictures and simple phases of the solar eclipse at the bottom.

5. Solar Eclipse Graphing Printables

Solar Eclipse Roll & Graph With Trace Letters, Numbers & Shapes with a folding die and cube die with a graphing sheet, graphing with tracing numbers, graphing with tracing letters and graphing with tracing shapes. All with a fun solar eclipse theme for a space for prek and kindergarten - 3Dinosaurs.com

Solar Eclipse Graphing Printables is a graphing with a graphing die that has Sun, Moon, Earth, Partial Solar Eclipse, Annular Solar Eclipse, Total Solar Eclipse on it. You roll and graph or roll and trace letters, numbers or shapes. A fun space theme graphing printable.

6. Solar Eclipse Easy Reader Book Printable

Free Solar Eclipse Easy Reader Book - with a 6 pages book with words about the solar eclipse with the Sun, Moon, Earth, Total Solar Eclipse, Partial Solar Eclipse and Annular Solar Eclipse - 3Dinosaurs.com

Solar Eclipse Easy Reader Book is a simple easy reader book with vocab with Sun, Moon, and Earth. Plus the three types of solar eclipses.

7. Total Solar Eclipse Bookmarks Printable

Free Total Solar Eclipse Bookmarks with the order of events for a total solar eclipse with pictures for kids to use to mark what they have seen. 3Dinosaurs.com

Total Solar Eclipse Bookmarks has sequencing in each bookmark for the total solar eclipse that you can use with kids.

8. Solar Eclipse Words Book Printable

Free Solar Eclipse Words Book has the five parts of the total solar eclipse with coloring the pictures, reading the words, tracing the words and writing the words. Plus a simple solar eclipse cover page. - 3Dinosaurs.com

Solar Eclipse Words Book has the sequencing for a total solar eclipse with reading, tracing and write total solar eclipse sequencing words. A fun book for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

9. Eclipse Mini Book

Eclipse Mini Book is a fun book to learn all about solar eclipses. Kids can read about solar eclipses and learn vocab as well.

10. Code and Color Eclipse Coloring Pages

Code and Color Eclipse Coloring Pages is a fun way to work numbers and shapes with a solar eclipse theme. And great for a space theme as well.

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Lunar & Solar Eclipse Crafts & Activities

A fun fun crafts that you can make with kids.

11. Solar Eclipse Wreath Craft

Solar Eclipse Wreath Craft - with showing the five parts of the solar eclipse for kids. From start to end of the solar eclipse. A fun way to learn the different stages. -3Dinosaurs.com

Solar Eclipse Wreath Craft has three different eclipse wreaths that you can make with kids.

12. Torn Paper Total Solar Eclipse Craft

Torn Paper Total Solar Eclipse Craft for Kids A simple craft to with for a solar eclipse theme - 3Dinosaurs.com

Torn Paper Total Solar Eclipse Craft is a simple torn paper craft you can make for a solar eclipse and is simple to set up and make.

13. Total Solar Eclipse Painting

Total Solar Eclipse Painting - a simple q-tip painting you can make for the solar eclipse. It has very simple steps to make it. - 3Dinosaurs.com

Total Solar Eclipse Painting is a simple total solar eclipse craft with black paper and white paint and q-tips. See how we made it.

14. Total Solar Eclipse Craft

Total Solar Eclipse Pastel Craft - made with a black construction paper and a white chalk pastel - 3Dinosaurs.com

Total Solar Eclipse Craft is super simple that different ages can make. You have black paper and a white pastel for the light behind the moon for the total solar eclipse.

15. Watercolor Lunar Eclipse

Watercolor Moon: Lunar Eclipse - a great painting project to do with the lunar eclipse - 3Dinosaurs.com

Watercolor Moon: Lunar Eclipse is a fun painting you can make with kids for a lunar eclipse. And it is fun to do and talk about how the moon is red during the lunar eclipse.