Popsicle stick crafts for kids are a great way to teach the colors.
Kids are learning to read earlier and earlier. When I was a preschool teacher, I knew the kids would need to be reading at the end of Kindergarten. With this in mind, preschool is the perfect time to start teaching some of those color words. Color matching games are a great way to teach the colors and these popsicle stick crafts
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💖 Why You'll Love This Craft
- Fun Way to Learn Colors: Kids match colors while playing, so they learn without even realizing it!
- Great for Little Hands: Perfect activity for practicing fine motor skills and gripping.
- Reusable and Durable: Use them again and again – great for quiet time or busy boxes!
Color Matching Games
Color matching games and crafts are great for young children to help them learn the basic colours. Today, I will be showing you how to create a color matching popsicle craft and game that is perfect for helping little ones learn their color words.
🎨 Supplies Needed
- 7 Large Wood Craft Sticks
- 7 Sheets of Foam—red, yellow, orange, green, blue, pink, purple
- Permanent Markers—red, yellow, orange, green, blue, pink, purple, black
- Hot Glue Gun
- Scissors
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🖌️ How To Make These Popsicle Stick Crafts
- Step 1: First, you need to cut out 2 popsicle shapes from each color of the foam. Make sure the length of these are a little bit longer than half the length of the craft sticks. The size of mine were about 2 ½”X 4”.
- Step 2: On one side of each craft stick, color the end with each marker color. I colored up about 2 inches from each end. On the backside of the stick you colored red, use the black marker and write the word red at the end of it.
- Step 3: Do not put a line of glue along the bottom edge! This will be left open. Press the other red piece on top of that one so they are glued together. Repeat this with all the foam popsicles.
- Step 4: Now you will be able to slide each foam popsicle onto it’s coordinating stick. This fun learning game can be played by laying out the popsicle sticks with the colored side facing up.
- Step 5: Put the sticks into the matching colored foam popsicle. For a bit more challenge, lay out the popsicle sticks with the color words face up and put the sticks into the foam popsicles that match their same color word.
Easy fun learning craft to make for kids who are practicing colors!
💡 Pro Tip: For an extra learning opportunity, incorporate uppercase and lowercase letters on the sticks to help children recognize different letter cases while matching colors
🧑🎨 Expert Tips
- Use Stiff Felt: Opt for stiff felt instead of soft felt to ensure the popsicle shapes hold their form and slide easily onto the sticks without catching.
- Color Code with Reinforcements: Apply colored hole reinforcements to the ends of the craft sticks to provide a tactile and visual cue for matching, enhancing fine motor skills.
- Introduce Gradually: Start with a few colors and gradually add more as the child becomes comfortable, preventing overwhelm and reinforcing learning.
- Incorporate Language Learning: Write color names in multiple languages on the sticks to introduce basic foreign language vocabulary in a fun and engaging way.
- Create a Storage Solution: Design a simple storage box with compartments for each color, teaching organization skills alongside color recognition.
- Use for Counting Practice: Number the sticks and corresponding popsicle tops to combine color matching with basic counting exercises.
💭 FAQs
Engaging in color matching helps children associate visual cues with language, laying the foundation for reading by connecting colors to words.
Color sorting enhances categorization and problem-solving abilities, as children learn to group and differentiate based on specific attributes.
Incorporating multiple languages into color matching activities exposes children to diverse vocabulary, promoting bilingual proficiency through interactive play.
Hands-on activities like color matching reinforce learning through tactile experience, improving memory retention and engagement in young learners.
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Color Matching Popsicle Stick Crafts For Kids
Equipment
- Scissors
Materials
- 7 Large Wood Craft Sticks
- 7 Sheets of Foam—red yellow, orange, green, blue, pink, purple
- Permanent Markers—red yellow, orange, green, blue, pink, purple, black
- Hot Glue Gun
Instructions
- First, you need to cut out 2 popsicle shapes from each piece of foam.
- Make sure the length of these are a little bit longer than half the length of the craft sticks. The size of mine were about 2 ½”X 4”.
- On one side of each craft stick, color the end with each marker color. I colored up about 2 inches from each end.
- On the backside of the stick you colored red, use the black marker and write the word red at the end of it.
- Repeat this step with all the other colored sticks. Now you need to glue together each of the sets of foam popsicles.
- To do this, start with the red foam popsicles and put a line of hot glue around the edges of one of the pieces.
- Do not put a line of glue along the bottom edge!
- This will be left open.
- Press the other red piece on top of that one so they are glued together.
- Repeat this with all the foam popsicles
- Now you will be able to slide each foam popsicle onto it’s coordinating stick.
- This fun learning game can be played by laying out the popsicle sticks with the colored side facing up.
- Put the sticks into the matching colored foam pospicle.
- For a bit more challenge, lay out the popsicle sticks with the color words face up and put the sticks into the foam popsicles that match their same color word.
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