You will need:

assorted shapes cut from colored paper

white glue or glue sticks

crayons to decorate

a background sheet of paper for each child

 

What to do:

encourage children to use the shapes to create interesting pictures

suggest such things as trucks, people, cars, buildings, etc.

you may need to give younger children a specific item to make from the shapes and to show them how to use the shapes to create different things (ie. two small circles may become the wheels of a car from a side view, a rectangle may make the body of the car, etc.)

allow children to play with the shapes for awhile before deciding on one thing to make and glue onto their paper

label work

clean up

How to do it:

• this activity could also be done with shapes cut from felt and placed on a piece of flannel fabric to create a picture that can easily be changed again and again.