Shapes Craft – Make a Monster and Learn Shapes

This Monster Shapes Craft is such a fun way to craft and learn with shapes! The supplies are simple and the results are adorable! These are great for a Halloween-themed learning activity, but are awesome any time of the year! Keep on reading to see how simple it is to set up, or to get our free printable version!

Learn and Craft with Shapes!

What’s better than crafting? Learning something in the process! This shapes craft monster does just that, with every body part and facial feature being a distinct shape!

A great way to extend this shape learning is with our printable bundle All About Shapes! With over 25 pages of activities, it explores a dozen different shapes!

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Skills: Arts & Crafts

Ages: 2 Years +

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Watch This Shapes Craft in Action!

In this video, you’ll see how fun my kiddo had constructing his shape monsters! One of the best ways to enhance the learning is to talk about the shapes and ask questions to reinforce that vocabulary.

The great thing about this shape activity is that kids can be really hands-on. Cutting out the shapes and then adding on the fun monster face and body features is a great way to keep them involved.

Watch This Shapes Craft in Action!

In this video, you’ll see how fun my kiddo had construction his shape monsters! One of the best ways to enhance the learning is to talk about the shapes and ask questions to reinforce that vocabulary.

The great thing about this shape activity is that kids can be really hands-on. Cutting out the shapes and then adding on the fun monster face features is a great way to keep them involved.

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FREE Printable Shapes Craft Monster Alternative

If your short on time, or construction paper, we have a solution for you with our Shapes Monster printable. It is free and easy to set up!

Kids can work on their scissor skills, cutting out the shapes while being guided by a dotted line. And then they can use tape or glue to assemble all the shape pieces into monsters!

And as I mentioned above, we also have a bundle All About Shapes. Plus, if it happens to be the spooky season, we have a bundle filled with Halloween Activities that cover lots of early childhood education skills including tracing, counting, the alphabet, writing, matching, phonics, and 2 DIY Halloween masks to color and wear!

Materials

Glue

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1

To begin, cut out the shape parts! Adults can prep this in advance, or kiddos can do this themselves! If doing themselves, it is best to provide lines for them to cut along. We created a different shape for each body of the monster – a circle, triangle, square, and rectangle. Then we created rectangles for the legs and arms, circles for the eyes in both white and black, semi-circles for the mouth, and triangles for the teeth!

Step 2

Now that all the parts have been cut, provide glue or tape for your kiddo to assemble their monsters. Use this opportunity to talk about the shapes to reinforce language development and an understanding of shape vocabulary!

Step 1

To begin, cut out the shape parts! Adults can prep this in advance, or kiddos can do this themselves! If doing themselves, it is best to provide lines for them to cut along. We created a different shape for each body of the monster – a circle, triangle, square, and rectangle. Then we created rectangles for the legs and arms, circles for the eyes in both white and black, semi-circles for the mouth, and triangles for the teeth!

Step 2

Now that all the parts have been cut, provide glue or tape for your kiddo to assemble their monsters. Use this opportunity to talk about the shapes to reinforce language development and an understanding of shape vocabulary!

The Importance of Learning Shapes!

This shape activity is really great for hands on learning. Not only are the going to learn how to cut out shapes and learn how to identify, sort, and match those shapes, but there is even more going on!

Shape learning is a foundation of early math. Yup, this is the beginning of geometry! Working with shapes allows kids to get exposed to geometric concepts such as shapes, size, space, and position.

Understanding shapes also helps with recognizing the alphabet and numbers because, after all, letters and numbers are shapes in and of themselves!

Finally, as mentioned above, naming the shapes as kids craft them will reinforce language development. Being able to describe objects based on their shapes will benefit communication skills.

The Importance of Learning Shapes!

This shape activity is really great for hands on learning. Not only are the going to learn how to cut out shapes and learn how to identify, sort, and match those shapes, but there is even more going on!

Shape learning is a foundation of early math. Yup, this is the beginning of geometry! Working with shapes allows kids to get exposed to geometric concepts such as shapes, size, space, and position.

Understanding shapes also helps with recognizing the alphabet and numbers because, after all, letters and numbers are shapes in and of themselves!

Finally, as mentioned above, naming the shapes as kids craft them will reinforce language development. Being able to describe objects based on their shapes will benefit communication skills.