???? Blast off with Lonely Planet Moon Landing Competition Winners
- Learning Resources Posted On Nov 11, 2019 | Learn
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of theMoon Landing on 20 July 2019, we teamed up with Lonely Planet Kids and scouted the known world for stories about kids in space. Theresponses were out of this world and our friends at Lonely Planet have given usthe go-ahead to share the top entries with you. If you could go on a lunaradventure, what would you do? Leave a comment at the end of this blog post and tellus about your dream space journey.
The winning entry
Gaurika (10) sent us a story to go along with a picture. We thought itwas hilarious that the alien asked the astronauts for a visa. Check out herdrawing and read the story.
Moon And Earth Discovery
She had found, what she wanted to becomewhen she would grow up. Yes, a space scientist, an astronaut… one who would gofar and beyond and explore.
She landed on the moon in the silvergrey thick fat costume. Her head was like a big fat egg. She could seeeverything but she could not feel the fresh air. She saw a small creature, someone unique staring at her and asking her– why are you here? She answered - toexplore and learn about the beautiful white moon.
He looked at her, then offered, come - Iwill show you around. She just followed. What she saw …was the undiscoveredplanet…the one we see every evening in the sky…
He took her first where there was a greyjelly like substance, which would bounce up and down and was like a sea… butnothing like the water… it was dark and scary, like the barren land, she saw inthe museum. There were no people, no cities, …only silence and sand… and somesmall rocks… She looked around…she was alone…where had the creaturedisappeared…
She realized that Mother Earth, isreally amazing, beautiful, giving and forgiving. Lets just concentrate onkeeping it safe.
It’s hard to argue with the ending to Gaurika’s story. As amazing as theMoon is, along with everything else in space, it’s important that we look afterthe Earth so that it can keep on looking after us.
For her fantastic entry, Gaurika received a huge bundle of our favouriteSpace-related toys, including:
- Outof this world Super SuctionSpace Saucers
- ColourfulGears GearsGears!® Space Explorers Building Set
- Ajumbo Inflatable SolarSystem
- Phonicskill-boosting Space MissionNonsense Words
- Anout-of-this-world BeakerCreatures® Whirling Wave Reactor™
- Oneof our superb GeoSafari® Vega360 Telescopes
Runners up
This stunning picture has been so beautifully drawnand coloured by Batul (7) that it truly deserved to be a runner-up in thecompetition. Great job, Batul!
Meanwhile, Alfred (8) sent us a picture he’d madewith lots of different materials. He called it ‘Apollo 11 - the silver rocketlanding on the golden moon,’ and we love how many different materials he’s usedin making it. Especially the glitter. Glitter is great.
Image file name – Harrison pic
The final runner-up entry came from Harrison (7),who sent us a picture of Ozzybozz the Alien travelling through space to Earth.Harrison told us that Ozzybozz is from the planet Ozz, which is a blue andorange planet. To get to Earth, Ozzybozz has to “pass the Sun, planets and lovelystars to get to Earth.” And those stars really are lovely, Harrison. Well done!
More of our favourites
We liked Noah’s (11) idea of a giant dog in spacebut did wonder how the giant meowing space dog was planning to get home.Hopefully, one of the two spaceships will rescue him soon.
Charlie (2) was one of the youngest people to enterthe competition. He drew us a picture of a man on the moon with a rocket flyingoverhead, with the sun in the middle of the page. It’s a great picture,Charlie, thank you!
There’s so much going on in the picture sent in byMatthew (5) that you can find something new each time you look at it. There’s ameteor, Saturn, an alien spaceship, the moon, a rocket, a black hole, andplenty of stars too! Can you spot anything else?
There’s lots in Tilly’s (8) picture too! A planetfull of aliens, a rocket, asteroids, a space jellyfish (our favourite), Saturn,the earth, and a proud astronaut who is telling us that they’ve “made it on theMoon.” Fantastic.
We have a soft spot in our hearts for the pictureRichard (6) drew because it has Pluto in it. Did you know that Pluto used to beclassed as a planet? It’s a dwarf planet now, but Pluto is still one of ourfavourites. We also liked how Richard included sun spots on the Sun!
There’s so much colour in Noah’s (4) painting and wejust love it. He says that it’s “the dark side Star Wars space ship travellingto the Moon!” The dark side never looked so bright.
Rosa (6) drew us a picture of a space rocket landingon the Moon. Rosa also drew plenty of stars and named every single one! Weadmire your dedication, Rosa, so we’ve listed the names of some of your superstars here.
- Superstar
- Sleepy star
- Funny star
- Sharing star
- Hi hi star
- Little star
- Colouring star
- Maths star
- Kitten star
- Messy star
- Cute star
- Cool star
- Sunstar
- Wildstar
- Love star
- Food star
- Big star
- Jelly star
- Lol star
- Swimming star
- TV star
- Funky star
- Bored star
- Stupid star
- Happy star
- The best star ever.
Vedika (10) gave us a double treat: she wrote a short essay to accompanyher superb picture of Alien World.
Dream Come True
Landing on the moon was a dream cometrue for the mankind. I have been seeing so much on TV, how the spaceshipblasts, those big working stations, computers, scientists, etc.
But, where is all this done, where dothey make uncomfortable space suits? Do astronauts feel stuffy and want to runaway sometime? What happens to the washroom waste? How do they wash theirdishes? Nobody shows all this stuff.
Daily routine things..do they have agrocery store up there?
Questions and questions but no answers,for a child like me.
Can moon really be our future home? Idon’t want to leave my home and go anywhere. Mother earth is beautiful withlovely green trees, blue water and so many animals.
Yes, it can be a choice for some, ifthey want to find a new home but nature loving children like me are so happyhere.
I do want to travel to space to see,learn and make things better on earth. I certainly want to come back to my home,my family and enjoy the little things which make every day so interesting.
I want to find a cure for every problem…
Vedika has asked some very interesting questions. Perhaps we could findsomeone to help answer them?
We were impressed that Sadie (11) knew that the sun isa star, although we were surprised to see that there were aliens on the moon!But Sadie told us that she had to include aliens because we can’t be the onlyones alive in space. It’s hard to argue with that, Sadie; the universe is apretty big place, after all.
Ariane (8) didn’t just draw a dramatic space rocket,but she included a super poem too!
50 Years Ago....
The Astronauts boarded Apollo 11 and turned on the ignition,
5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF they went on a space mission!
They left the Earth with a boom,
And arrived on the moon.
They climbed down from the rocket and rode a space jeep,
A small step for Man, for mankind a leap.
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