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Pumpkin Shapes
Pumpkin Shapes
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Pumpkin Shapes
Here's a Halloween, math activity: have your preschooler or pre-kindergartener carve shapes into a Jack-O-Lantern face and boost her shape recognition skills.
Preschool
Math
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Spider Web Shapes
Spider Web Shapes
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Spider Web Shapes
Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.
Preschool
Math
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Candy Shapes
Candy Shapes
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Candy Shapes
Turn sweet treats into miniature masterpieces with this candy melting activity!
2nd grade
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Learn Shapes with a Santa Collage
Learn Shapes with a Santa Collage
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Learn Shapes with a Santa Collage
Disguise a lesson focused on shape recognition as a Santa collage, and your pre-kindergartener won't even realize she's learning!
Preschool
Math
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Valentine Butterfly
Valentine Butterfly
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Valentine Butterfly
Introduce shapes to art projects with this fun Valentine-themed craft.
Kindergarten
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Spaghetti Painting
Spaghetti Painting
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Spaghetti Painting
Preschoolers can explore shapes and texture in this fun and fantastically messy art project!
Preschool
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Spaghetti Art
Spaghetti Art
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Spaghetti Art
Make interesting art and learn about shapes, lines and patterns by using spaghetti noodles.
Preschool
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Hawaiian Kapa
Hawaiian Kapa
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Hawaiian Kapa
Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.
2nd grade
Social studies
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Homemade Clay
Homemade Clay
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Homemade Clay
Kids love making shapes with Play-Doh, so they'll love creating their own colorful playful clay!
Preschool
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Tell an Edible Story
Tell an Edible Story
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Tell an Edible Story
Use your cookie cutters with jello to have the kids create a story with the shapes they choose.
Kindergarten
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Create a Picasso-Inspired Santa
Create a Picasso-Inspired Santa
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Create a Picasso-Inspired Santa
This Christmas collage lets your child learn shapes, cubist art of Picasso and have fun during the holidays!
Kindergarten
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Fruit and Veggie Art
Fruit and Veggie Art
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Fruit and Veggie Art
Explore the positive and negative shapes of a piece of fruit or a vegetable by doing a contour cut-out drawing.
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Wheels on the Bus Collage
Wheels on the Bus Collage
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Wheels on the Bus Collage
Use paper and paste to create a colorful collage of shapes that turns into a school bus right before your eyes.
Kindergarten
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Make a Monster Hand Print
Make a Monster Hand Print
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Make a Monster Hand Print
This activity will encourage your child to discover the scientific process, compare sizes shapes, and build shape recognition skills.
Preschool
Fine arts
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St. Patrick's Day Decor
St. Patrick's Day Decor
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St. Patrick's Day Decor
Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!
4th grade
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Paint a Still Life in Primary Colors
Paint a Still Life in Primary Colors
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Paint a Still Life in Primary Colors
Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.
1st grade
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Paint Like Jackson Pollock!
Paint Like Jackson Pollock!
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Paint Like Jackson Pollock!
Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Create a Bean Mosaic!
Create a Bean Mosaic!
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Create a Bean Mosaic!
Help your child will learn about shapes and patterns by creating her own masterpiece mosaic out of dried beans.
Kindergarten
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Make Leaf Rubbing Animals
Make Leaf Rubbing Animals
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Make Leaf Rubbing Animals
Create a fun fall leaf rubbing with your child to explore shapes and textures this fall.
Preschool
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Punctuate with Pasta!
Punctuate with Pasta!
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Punctuate with Pasta!
Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Pasta Mirror Image Art
Pasta Mirror Image Art
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Pasta Mirror Image Art
Kids feel like theyâre playing with dinner, and get to explore different shapes of pasta while making a mirror image print with tomato sauce.
Preschool
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Easter Basket Pictures
Easter Basket Pictures
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Easter Basket Pictures
Weave colorful Easter basket pictures out of construction paper and ribbon that open to reveal an assortment of fun Easter shapes!
3rd grade
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Make Mondrian Stained Glass Art
Make Mondrian Stained Glass Art
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Make Mondrian Stained Glass Art
Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.
1st grade
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Create a Painted Rock Mosaic
Create a Painted Rock Mosaic
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Create a Painted Rock Mosaic
Make a colorful rock mosaic that will help your child practice her patterns, shapes, and colors while making a beautiful work of art!
Preschool
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Paper Icicles
Paper Icicles
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Paper Icicles
Complete with the drippy, glittery shapes that make icicles so popular, this paper project can be hung everywhere from door frames to tabletops.
4th grade
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Shapes activities encourage your child to build a strong foundation for math. These shapes activities include a range of crafts, games, and exercises that will bring the magic of geometry and polygons to your child in a fun way. Kids will play shape-identification games, carve a shapely jack-o'-lantern, emulate the shape-based styles of famous artists, and more! Have some fun with shapes and bring the magic of geometry to your child!