Craft Corner

Shape Name Puzzles

This super quick and easy craft is full rounded on the educational checklist! Drawing and tracing, coloring, writing, cutting and then spelling! Make one or make 20! These are sure to be a big hit!

Step one: Trace or draw shape(s) of your choice. Step two: Color the shape. Step three: Spell out name (or other chosen word) across shape, leaving room between each letter.

Step four: Cut out shape. Option: Cut out shapes into bigger strips for smaller children or smaller pieces for older children. Step five: Mix up pieces and help your children practice spelling their names using the shapes as a guide for the puzzle. Focus sometimes on the spelling and sometimes on the shape!

Janelle Cumro-Sultzer lives in Manhattan, KS, with her husband, two children and two dogs. She is a mediator in Kansas, helping families in conflict. Janelle loves to focus on learning through play and getting messy with crafts.

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Materials needed:

• Blank paper • Pencil • Marker • Assorted crayons, colored pencils or markers • Sissors • Optional: shapes to trace