The plaque on a pale bedroom wall above a small wooden bed: a cream moon in a white nightcap, navy sky, little stars, white clouds along the bottom

Stars Say Goodnight

A sleeping moon by day. At lights-out, it tells them you love them.

A picture by day.

A sleeping moon in a white nightcap, a navy sky, 7 stars and two banks of cloud. A small picture with a secret for bedtime.

Everything stands proud.

The cap, its band and the pompom sit in front of the moon, and the clouds in front of its foot. The moon's 3 craters dip into its face, and the closed eyes and the smile are inlaid in navy.

The words are already there.

Cut away the moon's face and you find 42 rows of shallow slots. 231 of their floors are glow-in-the-dark and spell the message. The rest are white, cut exactly the same, beneath the moon’s continuous surface.

The bedtime story charges it.

Lamp light passes through the moon's thin skin and charges the glow floors underneath. Daylight in the room does the same.

The room lights went out.

Nothing on the plaque is powered: no battery, no bulb, no switch. The glow floors give back the light they took in, through the moon.

Love you to the moon & back.

4 lines, 20 letters, in the moon the child fell asleep looking at. Brightest right at lights-out, then fading as the glow gives back its charge.

Up close

6.7 × 6.7 × 0.3 in and 3.8 oz. It hangs on a screw by a keyhole behind the cap, or leans on a shelf by the bed, low enough to see from the pillow.

Close view along the moon: the white nightcap and its raised band, the cream pompom at its end, small cream stars set into the navy
The nightcap's band and pompom stand highest; the stars are set flush into the navy.
Two hands holding the plaque upright in front of a nursery
Small enough to hold before finding its place on the wall.
The plaque leaning on a white bookshelf beside picture books
No wall needed: the flat back leans on a shelf.
The plaque across a dark bedroom, with faint green light showing through the moon above the bed
Lights off, seen past the pillow. Only the glow under the moon's face is lit.
The plaque on a pale bedroom wall above a wooden bed by day
A quiet corner for the bedtime story.

Where the words hide.

The message sits beneath the moon’s face. This diagram reveals the hidden pattern. Turn down the room lights to see which floors glow.

The slot floors under the moon, seen from the front

  1. 42 rows of slots

    Every row under the moon is cut the same way, edge to edge, whether a letter passes through it or not.

  2. 231 glow floors

    Where a slot crosses a letter its floor is glow-in-the-dark PLA. Everywhere else the floor is white.

  3. A 1.6 mm skin over all of it

    An ivory layer under a cream face covers the pattern while letting the glow shine through.

A slice through the moon: cream top, white skin, a slot, then a glow floor under a letter and a white floor beside it, navy back Moon's face Under a letter Everywhere else slot 0.8 mm deep, under a 1.6 mm skin
The plaque at an angle on a plain light background, the moon's face smooth and blank
A sleeping face above the message hidden underneath.

A gift that waits until bedtime.

  • Under the tree

    Unwrapped on Christmas morning, it is a sleeping moon. The message only turns up that night, when the lights go out.

  • At story time

    The lamp stays on while you read. When the room goes dark, the moon has its own goodnight to give.

  • A first big-kid room

    For ages 3 and up: something to look at after the door is pulled to.

Stars Say Goodnight

One plaque with a goodnight hidden inside.

1
wall plaque in 4 colours
Size
6.7 × 6.7 × 0.3 in
Weight
3.8 oz
Made from
PLA in navy, ivory white, desert tan and glow green
Glow
Unpowered; charges under a lamp or daylight
Hanging
Keyhole behind the cap, for a #6 pan-head screw (not included)
Standing
Flat back, leans on a shelf
For
A child's room, ages 3 and up
The plaque straight on: cream moon with closed eyes and a smile, white nightcap, navy sky with cream stars, white clouds

Good to know

Does it need batteries or a plug?

No. The words are glow-in-the-dark PLA that stores light while the room is lit and gives it back in the dark. There is no battery, bulb or switch anywhere in it.

How do I charge the glow?

Leave the lamp on through the bedtime story, or let daylight reach it during the day. A phone torch held to the moon for 30 seconds also works.

Where is the message hidden?

Under the moon’s surface. Glow-in-the-dark floors spell LOVE YOU TO THE MOON & BACK beneath the face, beside matching floors in white.

How does it hang?

On a #6 pan-head screw (not included). Drive it in with a coin's thickness left under the head, slide the keyhole behind the cap over it and push the plaque down; it hangs level. It can also lean on a shelf.

What is it made of?

PLA, in 4 colours: navy for the sky, ivory white for the cap and clouds, desert tan for the moon and stars, and glow green for the hidden words.