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Shapes Game from Recyclables

September 21, 2016 by Nadia van Zyl 8 Comments

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I do love to use recyclables to make up games like this super fun shapes game! It is frugal and I don’t feel bad if my kids only play with it for a little while, although, with some they play with for a long time like this fine motor play idea.

shape game from recyclables

Also, get your hands on this Ebook-Colors and Shapes for more fun, frugal and hands-on activities to learn about colors and shapes!
Colors and Shapes
Materials
For this game I used pill containers/bottles with the flip top and circle cutouts from another project. You can use bottle tops too. recyclables
Prepping

I added shapes(with different colours) to the circles and the pill bottles using Sharpies:

prepping
I printed this Blank Die/Dice Template onto sturdy cardboard and add the same marks(shapes and colours) to it together with a +1 and -1.
shape dice

Playing

The shape circles were divided up between the players. My 6 year old played with two 3.5 year olds. Each player had a turn to roll the dice.

The player adds all those shapes to the correct pill bottle. If the dice lands on the 1+, he/she needs to take one out of any bottle. If it lands on the -1, he/she can add any one to a bottle. The player which ends with nothing first, wins!

playing

Extension/Educational Value

  • Count the shapes you have(counting skills)
  • Talk about the shapes and colours(language development)
  • Only use two fingers to pick up the circles(fine motor skills)
  • Take turns and handle wins and losses(social development)

shapes game
PS Find more awesome ideas(150 more)in this great book:
(Click the pic to go to Amazon to buy!)

A super fun shapes game using recyclables indeed!

And do check out this free Shapes Bingo Game!
shapes bingo TpT

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Comments

  1. Sara says

    March 19, 2017 at 12:57 am

    What kind of pill bottles are these, I LOVE them?

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    • Nadia van Zyl says

      March 21, 2017 at 5:58 pm

      It is vitamin bottles. Think it’s called the GO series

      Reply
      • Sara says

        March 29, 2017 at 11:56 pm

        Sad to say they don’t sell those in the US, super cute though, thanks for the info!!

        Reply
        • Nadia van Zyl says

          March 30, 2017 at 9:26 pm

          Ah! Keep a look out for something similar;)

          Reply
        • Star says

          January 2, 2018 at 7:21 pm

          You can use disinfectant wipes containers. That’s what I thought of when I saw this.

          Reply
  2. kreş oyuncakları says

    November 3, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    https://www.yengecegitim.com/kres-oyuncaklari-isleri kreş oyuncakları oyun evleri montessoriye uygun eğitici oyuncaklar domino ve bağlantı kurma ahşap oyuncaklar keçe oyuncaklar kreş donanımları kreş mobilyaları

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