What do I use for the moons surface?

Question

My daughter's science project in school is the apollo moon landing.We have model ships,astronauts and stuff,but what con-coction can we mix to make the surface of the moon on a flat cardboard box?It would have to be gray,I guess.

Thanks for the ideas!!!

Answer 1

you could use paper-machay and form it into crater shapes, attaching it to the box

Answer 2

I'd just go with plaster, and mold it into craters of various sizes.  Then paint it gray.

Answer 3

For some additional info, moondust is fine gray and has a gunpowder-like smell.

Answer 4

Like the other guys said, use paper  machay and then just use some dirt/little rocks of some sort and glue them onto it to show that it has a rough surface and is gravelly.  hope this helps.