Big Heart Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

Thanksgiving is all about love and family.Express your love with this cute heart turkey craft. Use a big heart for the body and a smaller one for the neck and waddle. Add a head and face. Finally, Glue on craft stick legs and tail feathers. Visit the site below for more.

Pinky Magic

Foam Heart Shapes Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

Use a variety of mostly heart foam shapes to make this lovable Thanksgiving Turkey. You might have to cut a body and eye shapes. Alternatively, you could use construction paper, too. Happy crafting..Gobble, Gobble.

She Knows

Easy Halloween Spider Shapes Craft

Here's a simple shapes craft for preschoolers. Use colored paper shapes and glue together to make a spider. Add google eyes to complete this spooky Halloween craft. Follow the link below for the full details on this fun craft.

Toddler Approved

13 Fun Preschool Shape Craft Ideas

Shapes are all around us. Here's a round-up of 13 fun and simple craft ideas that reinforce shapes for small kids and preschoolers. You'll find a variety of shapely ideas to choose from.

1. Symmetry Hearts Craft

Nature Store

2. Shapes Pattern Headband Craft

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3. Bee Shapes Craft

Think Crafts

4. Heart Caterpillar Preschool Craft

Ready Set Read

5. My Family Shapes House Craft

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6. Paper Banjo Shapes Craft

No Time for Flashcards

7. Easy Stamp Wheel Craft

Inner Child Fun

8. Preschool Circle Chick Craft

Muffin Tin Mom

9. Walrus Shapes Craft

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10. Polar Bear Shapes Craft

All Kids Network

11. Shapes Train Paper Craft

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12. Craft Stick Magnet Shapes Craft

Teach Preschool

13. Easy Craft Stick Shapes Craft

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Search this site for even more great math craft ideas.

Mother's Day/ Valentine's Day Symmetry Hearts Craft

 

This craft is also a math and shapes lesson. Use symmetry to cut out half a heart on a fold and make a whole heart. Then, paint one side and close to make an identical symmetrical design on the other. Fun and easy to make. Follow the ink below for the full tutorial with pictures.

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Shapes Pattern Headband Craft

This is a math concepts craft lesson my daughter did. We were teaching about shapes and patterns. She made some recurring patterns with foam shapes, then glued them on a paper strip for a headband.

Materials:

• construction paper
• foam shapes
• glue
• scissors
• stapler

Directions:

1. Beforehand, cut 2 strips about 4 inches wide down the long side of a sheet of construction paper. Lay the strips end to end and staple together to make one long strip. Make one for each student.
2. Give students foam shapes and demonstrate making repeating patterns like: square, triangle, square, triangle...Have students try with the shapes. Later have them try to make a pattern with three shapes.
3. Let them glue their finished patterns on the paper strip.
4. Check the fit around their head and staple into a loop. Have them wear their new shape headbands.

Shapes Christmas Tree Craft

Here's a Christmas tree craft made from shapes that you can make with your students.


Materials:

• multi-colored construction paper
• card stock
• glue
• scissors

Directions:

1. Cut three triangles from green, a rectangle from brown, and a pot from red construction psper
2. Glue the pieces onto a piece of white paper.
3. Add decorations or stickers to decorate your Christmas tree.

Valentine's Day Heart Caterpillar Craft

Use colorful foam hearts to make this cute Valentine's Day caterpillar craft. He'll look cute along your wall or bulletin board. Follow the link for more details.

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Valentine's Day Bee Craft

This simple Valentine's Day bee craft is so cute. Use hearts and other shapes to create this little bee character. Be sure to include the message, "Bee my Valentine". Follow the link for the complete tutorial.

Think Crafts

Valentine' s Day Heart Dog Puppet Craft

It's amazing what you can create with a few hearts. Transform an ordinary lunch bag into a cute dog puppet for Valentine's Day. Your kids will have loads of fun with these. Let their imaginations go and create other animal puppets. Go to this great site, Classified: Mom for the directions for this and lots of other great Valentine's Day kids crafts.

Classified: Mom

Valentine's Day Heart Caterpillar Preschool Craft

Use hearts to create this cute caterpillar craft for Valentine's Day. This is a perfect preschool craft to do at school or at home. It helps teach children about shapes and patterns. Follow the link to this great site Ready Set Read for the full tutorial.

Ready Set Read

Valentine's Day Heart Pig Craft

Use various sizes of pink hearts to create a cute pig for Valentine's Day. Also good for teaching shapes. Follow the link for more details.

Primary Junction

My Family Shapes House Craft

This is a simple My Family house craft made from paper shapes and a family photo. For a "About Me" lesson.

Materials:

• white paper
• colorful construction paper
• simple square, triangle, and rectangle templates(or just draw freehand)
• scissors
• glue
• family photo

Directions:

1. Cut out a paper square for a house, triangle for a roof and rectangle for a chimney from construction paper.
2. At the top of a piece of white paper, write "               's Family". Or write on another paper and cut out and paste.
3. Glue the pieces together on the white paper to make a house.
4. Glue the family photo on your house.
5. If desired, draw details with crayons like trees, sun, clouds, etc.
6. Don't forget pets!

  

Frog Face Paper Shapes Craft

Here's a cute frog face paper shapes craft my 4 year old daughter made at school. The whole thing is made from circles. It's not so posh looking, but the important thing is that thing is hat she made it herself from start to finish.

Materials:

• green and red construction paper
• white paper
• pencil
• scissors
• 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small circle template(from paper plates, cups, bowls, or lids)
• Glue

Directions:

1. Trace and cut out 1 large circle and 2 small circles from green construction paper.
2. Trace and cut out 1 medium red circle from red construction paper.
3. Trace and cut out 2 small circles from white paper.
4. Glue the red circle in the middle of the big green one to make the mouth.
5. Glue the white circles on the small green ones. Draw eyes.
6. Fold the bottom of the eyes and glue to the top of the head.
7. Sing a frog song.

  

Paper Guitar/Banjo Shapes Craft

This simple guitar/banjo craft is made from various shapes.

Materials:

• construction paper
• cereal box
• marker
• scissors
• pipe cleaners
• glue
• tape

Directions:

1. Draw the following shapes on various colored construction paper and cut out; 1 large circle(body), 1 smaller circle(center), 1 rectangle(neck), 1 square(head), and 4 small triangles(tuning knobs).
2. Glue the pieces together on the inside of an old cereal box and allow to dry.
3. Cut out the banjo.
4. Poke 2 holes in the head and in the center circle and thread 2 shiny pipe cleaners through for strings. Tape the pipe cleaners in place on the back.

  

Source: No Time for Flash Cards

Easy Stamp Wheel Craft

Here's an easy stamp wheel craft you can make at home from old tape roll and some foam shapes. This is a fabulously simple and creative idea. The stamps here are clouds and raindrops, but you could make them for any theme.

Materials:

• empty packing tape cardboard tube(or other tap tube)
• foam shapes or cut cut your own from foam
• glue
• ink pads
• white paper

Direction:

1. Glue some foam shapes around an empty packing tape tube. You could also design and cut out your own foam shapes.
2. Press stamp onto the color ink pad of choice.
3. Roll your stamps onto white paper.

Source: Inner Child Fun

Craft Stick Magnet Shapes Craft

This is a great idea from the Teach Preschool site. These craft stick magnet shapes ate very easy to make and useful for toddlers if you have a whiteboard handy.

Materials:

• colored Popsicle sticks or craft sticks
• small round magnets
• glue gun or other strong glue

Directions:

1.  Colored craft sticks are easy to buy at any craft store or color your own Popsicle sticks beforehand.
2. Glue the sticks together in simple geometric shapes like triangles, squares, and diamonds. A glue gun is faster or use regular glue.
3. Glue small round magnets to the back of your shapes. Allow to dry.

You can also glue magnets to the back of individual sticks. Use the sticks and shapes to do matching, color, and counting activities. You'll find these valuable materials to use again and again.

Source: Teach Preschool

Valentine's Day Heart Pin Craft

Here's a lovely Valentine's Day heart pin made from felt.

Materials:

• hard red felt
• heart template pattern
• red sequins
• small red beads
• red thread and needle
• safety pin
• glue

Directions:

 1. Print out a heart template or use a cookie cutter. Cut out the pattern and trace on the felt. Add the first sequin on the tip of the heart.

2. Add a bead on top of the sequin.

3. Thread the needle and tie a knot in the end of the thread. Go through the hole of the bead and sequin. Pull the thread through to the knot, then tie off and cut the end on the back side of te heart.

4. Repeat this all around the outside edge of the heart with sequins and beads. Add one in the center if you like.

5. Glue a safty pin to the back of the heart.

 

Variations:

The original craft called for needle and thread, but I think you could make it easier by gluing on the sequins and beads.

Also, if your felt is not stiff, cut a matching piece of cardboard and glue the heart on that for strength.

 

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4th of July Heart Pin Craft

Here's a patriotic 4th of July heart pin craft that is easy and a good match to the 4th of July star pin.

Materials:

• card stock or cardboard from a cereal box
• heart cookie cutter or template pattern(from link below)
• pencil
• ruler
• scissors
• red, white, and blue tissue paper
• safety pin
• glue

Directions:

1. Use a cookie cutter or template to trace a heart onto cardboard.
2. Use a ruler to draw 3 straight lines to divide the heart.
3. Cut 3 colors of tissue paper into 1 inch squares beforehand.
4. Spread glue over 1 section of the star. Crumple tissue squares into balls and stick to the heart. Continue and fill in the section.
5. Repeat with each section and color. Allow to dry.
6. Cut a thin strip of cardboard, stick through the middle of the safety pin, and glue down onto the back of the heart. The cardboard strip will hold the pin in place. Allow to dry. Add a little tape just to be extra secure.
7. Wear your home made patriotic pin on the 4th of July.

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Easter Chick Paper Craft

Here's an easy and cute Easter chick paper craft that's also a lesson about shapes.

Materials:

• 1 sheet of construction paper for a background
• 1 large yellow construction paper circle
• 1 slightly smaller yellow construction paper circle
• 3 small triangles and 2 thin rectangles from orange construction paper
• yellow and white craft feathers
• small yellow pom poms
• scissors
• glue
• 1 big google eye

Directions:

Glue the orange rectangles and triangles at the bottom of the background paper for legs.
Glue the big yellow circle on top of the legs and the smaller one on top for a head.
Glue on yellow feathers and maybe 1 white and yellow pom poms on the body.
Glue the triangle beak and google eye on the head.
Look at your chicks and go over all the shapes students see.


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