IGLOO PAINTING – NO GLUE REQUIRED

If you have a paper plate handy, cut it in half. Then cut some white card stock into different size rectangles. If desired, purposely cut them into small, medium, and large rectangles to make this into a math activity that requires sorting prior to placing them on the igloo. Next, grab some blue paint and cover your igloo with it. The wet paint will act as glue when it dries, so the rectangles will naturally stick onto your igloo.

If you look carefully at the first picture, B chose to arrange her rectangles in a random pattern and paint over them to make sure they stuck. This works just as well as my version with the white “blocks of ice” on top, arranged in a pattern much like an igloo.

If you’re looking to #adaptmyplay consider the following options:

🐻‍❄️ Build an igloo out of mega blocks or magnetic tiles and throw a towel or tape paper over it to create a dome shape, similar to an igloo.

🐻‍❄️ Make this into a pattern activity by coloring the rectangles (i.e., orange, yellow, orange, yellow, etc.) and then having children try to recreate those patterns with any 3D object (blocks, colored chick peas, learning links, Legos, etc.).

🐻‍❄️ If you don’t have paint available, colored rectangles affixed with tape onto a paper plate would still look beautiful while also presenting a fine motor challenge.

🐻‍❄️ Want to make it into a math game? Make 2 sets of rectangles. The set on the igloo could include number sentences, and they’d have to sort through the other set of rectangles with answers to make a math match.

🐻‍❄️ Want to make a phonics game out of it? Have each rectangle be a picture of an object and make a second set of rectangles with just the beginning sounds or words for them to match.

The possibilities here are absolutely endless, and there really is something here for everyone. I’m also sure you can think of other ways to adapt this activity. If you think one up, comment below. This community and I would surely appreciate it. 💗