Oval: “Pretend it’s a racetrack and add some cars.” Cars might not be easy to make with play dough, but show children how to make a very simple representation of a car with play dough (no details). I have included mats for both “diamond” and “rhombus” so you can choose the one you prefer. Rectangle: “Pretend it’s a table and put some food on it.”ĭiamond/Rhombus: “Pretend it’s a kite and add a kite tail.” Children can roll out some more dough to make a kite string. Grade Level(s): K, 1-2, 3-5 Description: Use for a shape book or writing page. They were originally developed for military use in wars. Paper kites were invented by Chinese philosophers in the 5th Century BCE (around 3,000 years ago). Square: “Pretend it’s a window and add some flowers or trees outside.” Children can use play dough to make either some flowers to place outside the window or some trees. Home: Printables: Patterns: Kite Shape Book Pattern Kite Shape Book Pattern. Just Family Fun’s paper kite templates are quadrilaterals, or four-sided shapes, called rhombuses. Triangle: “Pretend it’s a pizza and add some pepperoni.” Children can form little pepperoni out of extra play dough to make the triangle look like a slice of pizza. Pretend it’s a cookie and add some chocolate chips.” Children can pinch off some play dough and roll it into tiny chocolate chips to decorate their cookie. This also introduces them to shapes in the environment.Ĭircle: The circle mat says, “Make a circle. The right hand corner of each mat has a little picture to remind children of what they can add to the shape if they use these mats independently.

Each shape has an extra something to add after children have made the shape. I wanted to add a little fun to these mats to catch children’s interests and imagination as they practice making shapes. To use them, children will roll out the play dough like a “snake”, then form the snake into a shape by placing it on the outline of the shape on the mat. Cut out the shape and use it for coloring, crafts, stencils, and more. These shape mats include the basic shapes: Don’t forget to color the wooden frames with an orange crayon. Recognize and write, whether the given shape is a kite or not a kite. Then, fill in the tail with a blue crayon. Fold both the corners back so the edges line up with the central crease as shown. Fold the square in half along a diagonal, keeping the printed side (if any) on the inside: 5.

With scissors, cut along the ruled lines to cut out the square shape: 4. Now, shade the ribbons with yellow, orange, and red crayons. Rule a line through the two marks as shown: 3. Next, fill in the kite streamers with purple and teal crayons. I have an old set of shape mats made years ago with construction paper, a marker, and some clear contact paper, but after years of use, it’s time for something new. Complete the kite drawing by first coloring the kite cover with different shades of pink.

I have a growing collection of play dough counting mats, and thought Shape Play Dough Mats would be a nice addition to the Math Play Dough Mats sets.

Printable kite shape